Obama, McCain Eye Better Use Of Spies -- Washington TimesThe next president will take office with plans to continue reforming the U.S. intelligence community and to put more emphasis on improving human intelligence.
Republican John McCain promises to create a more agile human spying service if elected, while Democrat Barack Obama has called for more and better spies and an international security program targeting terrorists.
Mr. McCain has called for "a new OSS-style agency," said Randy Scheunemann, director of foreign policy and national security for the McCain campaign. The OSS, or Office of Strategic Services, was the World War II predecessor of the CIA that engaged in both intelligence gathering and covert action.
The Arizona Republican learned as a member of the presidential commission that investigated the intelligence failures over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that a major shortcoming was a lack of spies on the ground in strategic places, Mr. Scheunemann said.
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My Comment: Both are in sync on the importance of expanding and prioritizing U.S. intelligence and operations on a global scale. The details are lacking, the the focus from both candidates are clearly there.