The Incredible Shrinking CIA (Negroponte diluting the CIA)

Time ^ | Timmothy Burger

[Stentor]

On the contrary, it is one's duty to speak out when there is incompetence.

Does that include passing classified information to the wife of a man who may have been the last western supporter of Pol Pot.

That was an unfortunate choice of screen name by the way.

[kabar]

The creation of an intelligence czar was unnecessary and just adds another layer of bureauracy. Formerly, the CIA director was supposed to be the intelligence czar, but the position was never given the authority to support the responsibilities. Negroponte and his successors will continue to have problems asserting their authority over the 15 or so intelligence agencies/elements scattered throughout the government. In the end it won't work.

I predict that 10 to 15 years from now, we will see a return to the status quo before the creation of the intelligency czar. Someone in government will win an award for suggesting that we eliminate the intelligence czar layer of bureaucracy and have the CIA Director fill that role.

[ClancyJ]

Yeah. What do you do when an intelligence agency has been taken over by leakers, anti-administration employees who are sabotaging the President? When the agency leaks what they choose to carry out their own leftish agenda?

Just maybe you come up with another organization - not corrupted - and gradually take over the duties of the corrupt agency. We see Negropointe now the counsel to the President - therefore has control over what info is fed to the President.

We see the sole responsibility of the CIA diluted where there are several groups providing intelligence. Which takes the power away from the anti-administration hacks.
They should lose all their power if they are anti-war, anti-president.

Another possible reason for the change now. Put in the permanent director WHILE the GOP still controls Congress before the elections. After the elections, the dems might control the congress.

[AmishDude]

He's back?

That is a blast from the far past.