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What the CIA doesn't see.(National Affairs)(United States Central Intelligence Agency)
USA Today (Magazine)
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May 1, 2004|
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"The problem with the [Central Intelligence Agency] lies within its structure and culture. It does not match the task because the analytic side of intelligence is unlike any other function of government."
IT IS OBVIOUS that something is wrong with the Central Intelligence Agency. The 9/11 attacks were, by definition, the worst intelligence failure in our country's history. Moreover, although Saddam Hussein has been captured, we have not been able to locate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and there also was that flap over whether the CIA signed off on Pres. George ...
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