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To: Win Smith who wrote (30970)	5/28/2002 12:13:58 PM
From: Jack Hartmann	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sitting in six-by-six, usually windowless, cubicles, and confronted daily with demands for short-order "finished" intelligence, analysts rarely have the desire to sacrifice their careers by slowly building the skills that give uncommon insight into foreign countries. I would say that statement is the 'public' perception of a typical analyst and their settings. The movie "Three Days of the Condor" with Robert Redford would be my best way to show it off of the main base. Jack

To: Win Smith who wrote (30970)	5/28/2002 12:34:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

the analysts generally don't have the necessary languages, academic preparation, or in-country experience in their areas of supposed expertise... it has been rare for an analyst to spend more than a few years working on one country When you look at points like this, you wonder at the reasoning. Case officers and Analysts need to have both the Academic BG and time in the area of specialization to be good at what they do. There must be a bigger goal in mind at the agency that we mere mortals don't understand.