From Politico:It is perhaps now common wisdom that throughout the past eight years, the Bush-Cheney administration too often abused the intelligence process, used intelligence as a political tool, disregarded the laws that govern intelligence collection and circumvented the congressional oversight committees, restricting their access to key information.
The level of distrust between the Bush-Cheney administration and Congress over intelligence matters was appalling. The effect on public confidence, and on the morale of our intelligence professionals, was devastating and entirely unnecessary.
But change is coming. At long last, the Obama administration brings the opportunity for our country to chart a new course and restore integrity and credibility to intelligence processes that have been profoundly damaged.
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My Comment: It is hard to spy on people who do not use modern communications to pass their messages. It is also hard to spy and gather information on an enemy that blends in neighborhoods, and are not discernible from the person next door.
You have to be there on the ground, and getting your hands dirty. The politicians do not want this scenario .... the risk of something going wrong increases
The level of distrust between the Bush-Cheney administration and Congress over intelligence matters was appalling. The effect on public confidence, and on the morale of our intelligence professionals, was devastating and entirely unnecessary.
But change is coming. At long last, the Obama administration brings the opportunity for our country to chart a new course and restore integrity and credibility to intelligence processes that have been profoundly damaged.
Read more ....
My Comment: It is hard to spy on people who do not use modern communications to pass their messages. It is also hard to spy and gather information on an enemy that blends in neighborhoods, and are not discernible from the person next door.
You have to be there on the ground, and getting your hands dirty. The politicians do not want this scenario .... the risk of something going wrong increases
But change is coming. At long last, the Obama administration brings the opportunity for our country to chart a new course and restore integrity and credibility to intelligence processes that have been profoundly damaged.
Read more ....
My Comment: It is hard to spy on people who do not use modern communications to pass their messages. It is also hard to spy and gather information on an enemy that blends in neighborhoods, and are not discernible from the person next door.
You have to be there on the ground, and getting your hands dirty. The politicians do not want this scenario .... the risk of something going wrong increases exponentially .... a situation that these people do not want.
Senator Rockefeller longs for a day that has long passed by. You can send the satellites overhead, and you can spend time listening to their conversations .... but the enemy is very real, and the only way to defeat them is to confront them in their face, and to defeat them on the battlefield.
If the CIA and the Intelligence Community is not going to do this .... Mr. Senator .... who will?
Read more ....
My Comment: It is hard to spy on people who do not use modern communications to pass their messages. It is also hard to spy and gather information on an enemy that blends in neighborhoods, and are not discernible from the person next door.
You have to be there on the ground, and getting your hands dirty. The politicians do not want this scenario .... the risk of something going wrong increases exponentially .... a situation that these people do not want.
Senator Rockefeller longs for a day that has long passed by. You can send the satellites overhead, and you can spend time listening to their conversations .... but the enemy is very real, and the only way to defeat them is to confront them in their face, and to defeat them on the battlefield.
If the CIA and the Intelligence Community is not going to do this .... Mr. Senator .... who will?