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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Win Smith who wrote (117549)10/23/2003 11:53:35 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
The true believers won't be happy till the neocons remake the CIA in the image of DEBKA or something

Let's see...the CIA missed the Chinese entry into Korea, was behind the Bay of Pigs, did not forsee the collapse of the Communism in Eastern Europe or the USSR itself; missed the rise of Al Qaeda and didn't take it seriously enough to infiltrate it. And of course, believed that Saddam had lots of WMD - but in that, they agreed with the British and French and German intelligence services, so at least they had company in their mistake.

All I can say is, I sure hope they remake the CIA in the image of something functional, because their track record sucks. Nor has this been noticed only post 9/11, particularly if you've read Robert Baer.
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