Comments on: Where’s the strategic intelligence? http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean Aqui http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-21610 Sean Aqui Wed, 17 May 2006 17:44:54 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/#comment-21610 Well, I call it a blunder because Bush set out (rightly) to radically remake the intelligence community. And if part of that remake didn't include fixing that longstanding problem, that's on his head. Well, I call it a blunder because Bush set out (rightly) to radically remake the intelligence community. And if part of that remake didn’t include fixing that longstanding problem, that’s on his head.

]]> By: Paul Brinkley http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-21561 Paul Brinkley Wed, 17 May 2006 17:30:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/#comment-21561 Thing is, this struggle in the IC (a friend of mine once called it "a crisis in middle management") has been going on as long as I've had exposure to the IC, which started right at the end of GHWB and continued through Clinton to GWB. Calling it "a fundamental blunder by the Bush administration" distracts defensive conservatives and shark-minded liberals from what is not a partisanship problem, but rather a bureaucratic one. Thing is, this struggle in the IC (a friend of mine once called it “a crisis in middle management”) has been going on as long as I’ve had exposure to the IC, which started right at the end of GHWB and continued through Clinton to GWB. Calling it “a fundamental blunder by the Bush administration” distracts defensive conservatives and shark-minded liberals from what is not a partisanship problem, but rather a bureaucratic one.

]]> By: reader_iam http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-21422 reader_iam Tue, 16 May 2006 23:15:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/#comment-21422 Which, of course, doesn't take away from your point about strategic vs. immediate intelligence. Which, of course, doesn’t take away from your point about strategic vs. immediate intelligence.

]]> By: reader_iam http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-21421 reader_iam Tue, 16 May 2006 23:14:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/#comment-21421 That's right. Also, it's not as if the entrenched bureacracy and rank-and-file have been, you know, exactly cooperative. There's a real history of turf-war and other problems within the CIA, specifically, and in the intelligence community generally. That’s right.

Also, it’s not as if the entrenched bureacracy and rank-and-file have been, you know, exactly cooperative. There’s a real history of turf-war and other problems within the CIA, specifically, and in the intelligence community generally.

]]> By: BrianOfAtlanta http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/comment-page-1/#comment-21381 BrianOfAtlanta Tue, 16 May 2006 15:52:07 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/05/15/wheres-the-strategic-intelligence/#comment-21381 I can see their point, but the CIA has never been great shakes at this in the past, either. I can see their point, but the CIA has never been great shakes at this in the past, either.

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