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| U.S. Is Still Using Private Spy Ring, Despite Doubts |
| 2010-05-16 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 No arguement OS. The issue I see and why they can never get away from contractors is they rotate their people ev ery three years,and recently they have sent guys back to lang schooland then into a different region, thus losing all contacts and relationships. It can take years to build the contacts and trust required to pull the high value missions off. The place needs an overhaul, sort of a "Goldwater act" for the clandestine services. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-05-16 13:08 |
| #4 I think they did release the names of some of the private contractors in earlier articles though, so the back-patting is unwarranted. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-16 12:32 |
| #3 How kind of the NYT's to not release the names of the agents they claim to know. They do give themselves a pat on the back about it. |
| Posted by: Dogsbody 2010-05-16 11:33 |
| #2 yup.. Back to basics. |
| Posted by: newc 2010-05-16 11:31 |
| #1 [T]he C.I.A. was too risk averse, too reliant on PakistanÂ’s spy service and seldom able to provide the military with timely information to protect American troops. Some officials say they believe that the C.I.A. is trying to scuttle the operation to protect its own turf, and that the spy agency has been embarrassed because the contractors are outperforming C.I.A. operatives. Just doing the job the CIA will not do. /sarcasm Anyone else now agree with me in my opinion over the last decade that the CIA is broken to the point where it must be demolished, most of the political managers fired, and the parts given to other agencies? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2010-05-16 10:08 |