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

http://www.sankei.jp/

Please see additional articles at: http://www.ishmaeljones.com/articles-on-intel-reform/