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  • The Death of Intelligence

    12/20/2004 6:08:57 AM PST · by Tumbleweed_Connection · 10 replies · 566+ views
    NRO ^ | Dec 20, 2004 | Mark Steyn
    Be honest. Do you think this intel "reform" bill will reform intel in any meaningful way — i.e., by reforming what's the near 100 percent failure rate of recent years down to, oh, 93, maybe 86 percent? I don't, and I don't know anyone from the sharper end of the "intelligence community" who does, either. But who cares? The Democrats are in favor of it, because reshuffling the bureaucracy is their preferred way of demonstrating that they're not soft on national security. And that means the media are in favor of it, and so, as we're constantly told, are "the...