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2023-11-30 Government Corruption

Sam Faddis - 'Why the CIA No Longer Works‐and How to Fix It'

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-30 04:21|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 Bin Laden fully understood the technical capabilities of American intelligence. After his escape from Afghanistan, he established himself in a compound with no internet service. He had no cell phone. He communicated with his organization via a courier system and dealt with those couriers face to face. There were no emails, text messages, or phone calls for us to intercept.

May help explain or confirm the 'intelligence gaps' theory of 7 October 2023.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-30 04:34|| 2023-11-30 04:34|| Front Page Top

#2 So, like, DNI was created because....

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-11-30 04:43|| 2023-11-30 04:43|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ If you control the budget and people, you control the agency. The DNI controls neither. It is by design, a political fig leaf.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-11-30 04:47|| 2023-11-30 04:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Fix it with fire.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-11-30 11:10|| 2023-11-30 11:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Appropriate when information was a physical resource, not so much now that it flows everywhere.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-30 16:54|| 2023-11-30 16:54|| Front Page Top

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