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Subject: Phil Giraldi asks his CIA buds to grow a pair
Date: Nov 6, 2009 4:43 AM
Investigate 911-Cheney, Inc, and his
Israelis, duh.
http://www.actionlyme.org
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http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=317
The Real Intelligence Failure
By Philip Giraldi [View more articles by this author]
Published 11/04/09
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Most Americans believe that we are in a terrible dilemma. An
increasing number are uncomfortable with the continuing carnage in
Iraq and Afghanistan and fearful of the consequences of yet another
Middle East war, this time against Iran, but most also believe that
our country is threatened by dark forces that seek to destroy us and
that extreme measures are justified. Few realize that fear alone is
bringing about our transformation into a country driven by constant
warfare to the detriment of our constitutional liberties.
Those who believe that a change of course is essential if we are to
survive as a nation quite rightly demand the disengagement of the
United States from two wars and the avoidance of further conflicts.
They understand that the United States has acted unwisely and
illegally in its interference in the affairs of others and also that
the presence of American military forces all over the world has not
made us safer and has in fact served as a catalyst for escalating
violence. But those who see the state of the world with such clarity
must first convince a majority of their fellow citizens that
disengagement is not another word for national suicide. In short, the
American people must come to understand that their safety is best
assured when our government does not go around the world looking for
dragons to slay. A key element in being able to reassure the American
people could be the development of a positive and proactive
intelligence program that speaks the truth and, inter alia, could
actually help avoid conflicts and demonstrate that every citizen
benefits when the United States is at peace and a friend to all
nations.
America’s fundamental post 9/11 problem is that the resort to brute
force is an easy option for a nation that is powerful but that does
not necessarily seek to deal with the international subtleties. That
go-it-alone aggressiveness was the model for the Bush Administration.
Unfortunately, President Barack Obama's foreign policy continues
unrestrained military action even as it preaches the use of softer
forms of power, witness the continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan
and the increase in armed interventions in places like Pakistan and
Somalia.
Part of the reason for this disconnect is that United States
intelligence agencies, most notably the CIA, have failed to appreciate
that both the Cold War and the so-called Global War on Terror were
fought in error against enemies that were deliberately distorted and
magnified to create fear. In today’s complicated multipolar world, the
CIA and its sister organizations could well be the essential elements
in the creation and management of a new security environment, where
good information and analysis can be used to shape policies that are
cooperative rather than confrontational. But the CIA remains stuck in
a post-9/11 mindset, with the Mandarins at Langley seemingly oblivious
to the fact that there even exists a new security environment that
they should be thinking about. Intelligence should stop looking for
dragons and should instead be the key to explaining the world in a way
that precludes involvement in situations that are not vital interests
and are not subject to any resolution short of war. Intelligence is
information and information is politically neutral but when properly
applied it can just as easily be a tool for avoiding confrontation as
for instigating it.
Understanding the world and "speaking truth to power" are the
principal roles of intelligence agencies when they are doing their job
properly, but there is always a potential political spin to every
story. Recent government warnings that al-Qaeda continues to be
serious threat are one good example, trotted out as they are at
intervals to raise the fear level in spite of mounting evidence that
Usama bin Laden is actually dead. In true "the glass is half full or
half empty" fashion, the story based on exactly the same evidence
could as easily be that al-Qaeda is, in fact, seriously weakened and
would have difficulty in mounting a terror operation anywhere. General
Stanley McChrystal and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair
have admitted that al-Qaeda is no factor in the current fighting in
Central Asia, but the first narrative stressing the potential threat
has been embraced by the government because it allows the status quo
to continue. The latter narrative about a dysfunctional and expiring
al-Qaeda has been essentially suppressed because it would lead to
questions about why the United States continues to be in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
To cite an example of an objective and depoliticized intelligence
report producing a good result, one only has to look at the December
2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, which set the
record straight on Tehran's abandonment of its nuclear weapons
program. The report effectively put on hold plans to go to war with
Tehran being prepared by the Bush Administration but because it
derailed a policy the government decided never again to make public
the conclusions of an NIE. Worse still, there have been recent calls
in Congress to re-do the NIE report, with the obvious intention of
coming to a different conclusion, i.e. that Iran is a threat. There is
every indication that the intelligence community will dig in its heels
and refused to change the conclusion, but if it surrenders to the
pressure, it would be a reversion to the type of politically
influenced intelligence that enabled the war with Iraq.
Part of the problem in redirecting CIA is cultural and bureaucratic in
nature. The Agency is a business that needs to justify its excessive
manpower and bloated budget through a product that pleases both
Congress and the White House. It also works for the president and is
therefore responsive to requests that are essentially political in
nature. Put the two together and the Agency will most often dance to
the tune being played by its masters. That orientation can change, but
only if the White House accepts that it will frequently hear views
that it will regard as unacceptable if the CIA is doing what it should
be doing. Intelligence circles have long noted that there has been a
stream of reporting out of Iraq and Afghanistan indicating that the
United States cannot and will not succeed in either theater, which
should lead to the conclusion that it is time to go home. Instead, the
tendency has been to shoot the messenger. In 2004-2005 several CIA
Chiefs of Station in Iraq were fired because they were not "on
message" with the Bush Administration. How much better off would the
United States be today if the Bushies had instead paid attention to
the reporting, admitted that it had been wrong, and abandoned its
nation building program?
Disengagement from the status quo with its focus on bloated and
ineffective intelligence agencies trying to support bankrupt and
unsustainable policies is only possible if there is a return to
objectivity and candor, but there is no sign that President Obama
desires that any more than did his predecessor. For that to happen,
policy makers must insist that US intelligence become less reactive
and politicized. CIA in particular must rethink what it does and how
it does it and not seek to demonize lists of "axis of evil" enemies.
Good intelligence can help explain the world and both identify and
neutralize the real threats. It can be used to convince the American
people that they are more secure and more free when the United States
ceases to be a hegemon engaged all over the world and feared by
everyone.
Copyright © 2009 Campaign for Liberty
"[Real] scientists are *fiercely* independent. That's the good
news."-- NIH's Top Fool, Anthony Fauci |
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Subject: Phil Giraldi asks his CIA buds to grow a pair
Date: Nov 6, 2009 4:43 AM
Investigate 911-Cheney, Inc, and his
Israelis, duh.
http://www.actionlyme.org
===========================
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=317
The Real Intelligence Failure
By Philip Giraldi [View more articles by this author]
Published 11/04/09
Bookmark and Share Printer-friendly version
Most Americans believe that we are in a terrible dilemma. An
increasing number are uncomfortable with the continuing carnage in
Iraq and Afghanistan and fearful of the consequences of yet another
Middle East war, this time against Iran, but most also believe that
our country is threatened by dark forces that seek to destroy us and
that extreme measures are justified. Few realize that fear alone is
bringing about our transformation into a country driven by constant
warfare to the detriment of our constitutional liberties.
Those who believe that a change of course is essential if we are to
survive as a nation quite rightly demand the disengagement of the
United States from two wars and the avoidance of further conflicts.
They understand that the United States has acted unwisely and
illegally in its interference in the affairs of others and also that
the presence of American military forces all over the world has not
made us safer and has in fact served as a catalyst for escalating
violence. But those who see the state of the world with such clarity
must first convince a majority of their fellow citizens that
disengagement is not another word for national suicide. In short, the
American people must come to understand that their safety is best
assured when our government does not go around the world looking for
dragons to slay. A key element in being able to reassure the American
people could be the development of a positive and proactive
intelligence program that speaks the truth and, inter alia, could
actually help avoid conflicts and demonstrate that every citizen
benefits when the United States is at peace and a friend to all
nations.
America’s fundamental post 9/11 problem is that the resort to brute
force is an easy option for a nation that is powerful but that does
not necessarily seek to deal with the international subtleties. That
go-it-alone aggressiveness was the model for the Bush Administration.
Unfortunately, President Barack Obama's foreign policy continues
unrestrained military action even as it preaches the use of softer
forms of power, witness the continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan
and the increase in armed interventions in places like Pakistan and
Somalia.
Part of the reason for this disconnect is that United States
intelligence agencies, most notably the CIA, have failed to appreciate
that both the Cold War and the so-called Global War on Terror were
fought in error against enemies that were deliberately distorted and
magnified to create fear. In today’s complicated multipolar world, the
CIA and its sister organizations could well be the essential elements
in the creation and management of a new security environment, where
good information and analysis can be used to shape policies that are
cooperative rather than confrontational. But the CIA remains stuck in
a post-9/11 mindset, with the Mandarins at Langley seemingly oblivious
to the fact that there even exists a new security environment that
they should be thinking about. Intelligence should stop looking for
dragons and should instead be the key to explaining the world in a way
that precludes involvement in situations that are not vital interests
and are not subject to any resolution short of war. Intelligence is
information and information is politically neutral but when properly
applied it can just as easily be a tool for avoiding confrontation as
for instigating it.
Understanding the world and "speaking truth to power" are the
principal roles of intelligence agencies when they are doing their job
properly, but there is always a potential political spin to every
story. Recent government warnings that al-Qaeda continues to be
serious threat are one good example, trotted out as they are at
intervals to raise the fear level in spite of mounting evidence that
Usama bin Laden is actually dead. In true "the glass is half full or
half empty" fashion, the story based on exactly the same evidence
could as easily be that al-Qaeda is, in fact, seriously weakened and
would have difficulty in mounting a terror operation anywhere. General
Stanley McChrystal and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair
have admitted that al-Qaeda is no factor in the current fighting in
Central Asia, but the first narrative stressing the potential threat
has been embraced by the government because it allows the status quo
to continue. The latter narrative about a dysfunctional and expiring
al-Qaeda has been essentially suppressed because it would lead to
questions about why the United States continues to be in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
To cite an example of an objective and depoliticized intelligence
report producing a good result, one only has to look at the December
2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, which set the
record straight on Tehran's abandonment of its nuclear weapons
program. The report effectively put on hold plans to go to war with
Tehran being prepared by the Bush Administration but because it
derailed a policy the government decided never again to make public
the conclusions of an NIE. Worse still, there have been recent calls
in Congress to re-do the NIE report, with the obvious intention of
coming to a different conclusion, i.e. that Iran is a threat. There is
every indication that the intelligence community will dig in its heels
and refused to change the conclusion, but if it surrenders to the
pressure, it would be a reversion to the type of politically
influenced intelligence that enabled the war with Iraq.
Part of the problem in redirecting CIA is cultural and bureaucratic in
nature. The Agency is a business that needs to justify its excessive
manpower and bloated budget through a product that pleases both
Congress and the White House. It also works for the president and is
therefore responsive to requests that are essentially political in
nature. Put the two together and the Agency will most often dance to
the tune being played by its masters. That orientation can change, but
only if the White House accepts that it will frequently hear views
that it will regard as unacceptable if the CIA is doing what it should
be doing. Intelligence circles have long noted that there has been a
stream of reporting out of Iraq and Afghanistan indicating that the
United States cannot and will not succeed in either theater, which
should lead to the conclusion that it is time to go home. Instead, the
tendency has been to shoot the messenger. In 2004-2005 several CIA
Chiefs of Station in Iraq were fired because they were not "on
message" with the Bush Administration. How much better off would the
United States be today if the Bushies had instead paid attention to
the reporting, admitted that it had been wrong, and abandoned its
nation building program?
Disengagement from the status quo with its focus on bloated and
ineffective intelligence agencies trying to support bankrupt and
unsustainable policies is only possible if there is a return to
objectivity and candor, but there is no sign that President Obama
desires that any more than did his predecessor. For that to happen,
policy makers must insist that US intelligence become less reactive
and politicized. CIA in particular must rethink what it does and how
it does it and not seek to demonize lists of "axis of evil" enemies.
Good intelligence can help explain the world and both identify and
neutralize the real threats. It can be used to convince the American
people that they are more secure and more free when the United States
ceases to be a hegemon engaged all over the world and feared by
everyone.
Copyright © 2009 Campaign for Liberty
"[Real] scientists are *fiercely* independent. That's the good
news."-- NIH's Top Fool, Anthony Fauci
[/quote]
Hi,
Why is the solution to many problems from a male perspective, ie. grow
a pair. I thought the best teams were a dual gender team of a man and
woman? |
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| Dennis... |
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ebe wrote:
[quote]Why is the solution to many problems from a male perspective, ie. grow
a pair. I thought the best teams were a dual gender team of a man and
woman?
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Well, make a pair, just a different kind of pair. And no, not the
kind of pair *she* has, either. 
Dennis |
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