by: Ray McGovern and Coleen Rowley, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
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2 – Has the new intelligence bureaucracy created
after the Sept. 11th attacks functioned correctly?
How could it be improved, or was it a good idea
to create it?
after the Sept. 11th attacks functioned correctly?
How could it be improved, or was it a good idea
to create it?
The creation of the post of Director of National Intelligence, the
National Counterterrorism Center, and the 170,000-person
Department of Homeland Security was the mother of
all misguided panaceas.
National Counterterrorism Center, and the 170,000-person
Department of Homeland Security was the mother of
all misguided panaceas.
Bear in mind that the general election of 2004 was just
months away when the 9/11 report was published, and
lawmakers and administration functionaries desperately
needed to be seen to be DOING SOMETHING. And, as is
almost always the case in such circumstances, they made things
considerably worse.
months away when the 9/11 report was published, and
lawmakers and administration functionaries desperately
needed to be seen to be DOING SOMETHING. And, as is
almost always the case in such circumstances, they made things
considerably worse.
The 9/11 Commissioners had been fretting over the
fact that, in their words, “No one was in charge of
coordination among intelligence agencies.” That was
true, but only because George Tenet preferred to
cavort with foreign potentates and thugs, than to do
the job of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).
fact that, in their words, “No one was in charge of
coordination among intelligence agencies.” That was
true, but only because George Tenet preferred to
cavort with foreign potentates and thugs, than to do
the job of Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).
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