Why the CIA Is Still Boss
While the nation's intelligence world has greatly expanded since 9/11, the CIA continues to hold the top job when it comes to briefing and advising the president, a role that is not expected to change when a new administration comes into office. Officials for the first time confirmed that CIA analysts write 80 percent to 90 percent of the president's daily briefing despite the broad growth of intelligence and national security analysis in several agencies around Washington. That alone keeps the CIA at the top of the intelligence world, administration officials say, since it is the agency's analysis that goes directly to the president and his national security adviser.
"That's an impressive figure in light of the fact that agency is one of 15 others in the intelligence community," says one official. That influence has continued since CIA Director Mike Hayden took office. At the time, he said his new agency "had more connective tissue to all the other agencies than anyone else. It had departmental independence, deep expertise that cut across disciplines, and handled all sorts of global issues."
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A thought for neocon consumption
Also from NM:
Beware of the FSB - the replacement of the old KGB - because the intelligence community does not change. They brought us Putin and now Medvedev.
The CIA, who brought us the "daddy" Bush, gave us the WMD scenario, and helped that monkey in the White House convince Americans that we needed to go to war, needs to be watched and supervised closely, like the FSB. Our intelligence community is no better than their Russian counterpart. Their efforts need to be focused, they should not be allowed to cook the books to make their bosses happy - what kind of service is that for the billions of tax dollars we spend?
All the "strangelove" people need to go - their time is passed. Do any of you feel safer flying now that we have the security checks in all our airports to delay and harass people?
Security level "ORANGE"
Don't you all get sick of hearing that silly crap?
what a joke
I do not think our friend from N.M. is a numb nuts--he just is brain dead to think that obama could run anthing but his dishwasher!!!!!!
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