"But it also says Mary McCarthy, the national security council’s senior director responsible for intelligence, warned Mr. Clinton’s national security adviser, Sandy Berger “we will need much better intelligence on this facility before we seriously consider any options,” and that the link between al Shifa and Mr.bin Laden was “rather uncertain at this point.”
"One of the major obstacles to effective intelligence is excessive secrecy, McCarthy said.
“There is a worry about their information being compromised which is quite logical but they also worry about losing their bureaucratic advantage,” she added. “Knowledge is power.”
Adding to the problem, there is a growing number of government officials who have the power to classify information, McCarthy said, including the secretary of agriculture. Some information that was previously public has now been made secret."
thanks for your reply. It took me awhile to find it's source, an old New York Sun column. Good sleuthing.
It will be interesting to read more about Mary McCarthy...her CIA friends, specifically. I want to know everything!!
Yo, Patrick Fitzgerald, Here's how you plug CIA leaks!!!