Wanted: spies unlike us: the CIA must cultivate foreign sources, reward service overseas, and tap America's top students to once again get good information on enemies of the United States.(Central Intelligence Agency) From: Foreign Policy | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Baer, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2005 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MEMORANDUM:

TO: Porter Goss, U.S. Director of Central Intelligence

FROM: Robert Baer

RE: Getting the CIA Back in the Game

It's been a rough three years, Mr. Director. The agency missed the boat on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), it miscalculated the armed resistance inside the country, and some say it bears primary responsibility for leading the United States into an unnecessary and costly war. Much of the criticism is overblow...