The CIA's clandestine service is meant to be America's early warning system, providing the intelligence that is used to prevent attack. But the CIA's ability to produce human source intelligence is dismal. It has become a bureaucratic creature loyal only to itself, with almost unlimited funds and no accountability. Reliance upon it is our major national security weakness.
To defend Americans, we must have intelligence reform.
First, the CIA must obey existing laws and directives which require it to:
- Get CIA officers out of the United States and overseas into target countries.
- Reduce fraud, corruption and massive waste.
We must obtain the intelligence the president needs to defend America and our allies.
Recent articles:
National Post - Bureaucracy Kills
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=2427604
Washington Times - Intelligence Reform is the President's Urgent Challenge
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/07/intelligence-reform-presidents-urgent-challenge//print/
National Review - on Northwest Flight 253 terrorist attack
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Zjc0NTg5ZTFiNDM4ZWZiMGNkYmIyYzc4MTM4ZTNkYzc=
The Atlantic - on the terrorist attack on the CIA base in Afghanistan
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/12/the_cia_massacre_an_update.php
Counterpunch - Jones quotes in an article on Bob Baer
http://www.counterpunch.org/ketcham10232009.html
National Review - on the Abu Omar operation
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTlmYTc4NGQ4NDhlYTZhYjBjZGE5MDUxMWQ0NjQ5OGE=
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Gutting the CIA
http://post-gazette.com/pg/09242/993949-373.stm
National Review - on the High Value Interrogation Group
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTNlYjE3MWMyZjkyYWU2ZGU5MzQ4YWY3NjcyZTBhMTU=
National Review - on the politics of torture
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzMzNGQ4ZTM4MzRkMzkyYmJmYmM3Nzg2N2VhNWYxZWQ=
National Review - on Director of National Intelligence
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YmY4ODcwZTk2MjkyNDkyOGUxNTNhNjZlYjE4NDc5MzU=
National Review - on Pelosi
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmM4NjlkNDNlMjJlZjliZjI4OWY5MmQxODZjYjI1MmI=
Nationl Review - on interrogations
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTc3ZDNjZmRlYmVkNmM0MGIyZDI3MDBmMDY4MWM0MWM=
Citizens Against Government Waste
http://www.cagw.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=11898&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1165
The Atlantic - Reforming the CIA
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/reforming_the_cia.php
Washington Times - Where Loyalty is Vital
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/08/where-loyalty-is-vital/
National Review - Panetta a "brave choice"
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDQ3ZmRmNTQyY2ZiNzY5NjIxMzk3NjJkZTNhNGMzNTY=
American Thinker - CIA Censors
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/01/what_the_cias_censors_can_teac.html
World Tribune - recommendation
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/giftbooks.asp
Sankei Shimbun - search for the article below on 2009.2.11 date
Please see additional articles at: http://www.ishmaeljones.com/articles-on-intel-reform/