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To: GST who wrote (159623)	3/29/2005 11:22:32 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If you're going to pick any particular quote from that article, this has got to be it. McCain said he's learned much about the intelligence agencies and how they interact now and in the run-up to the Iraq invasion. He said he's gotten an understanding of the value of "human intelligence" — or traditional spying — and that the report was worth the $10 million Congress dedicated to it. And let's just say that, while the personnel involved in providing that human intelligence since the insurgency began, have been exemplary, the manner in which they have been directed and used was probably less than productive. Overall, the US human intelligence capability is severely stretched, under-funded, under-supported, and politically (except for McCain) unloved. The "Techies" still receive the majority of the intelligence budget.. Boy, I could tell you some stories.. But then you'd have to kill yourself.. (I don't want to get blood on my hands.. ;0) Hawk