I remember that - was quite a hubbub at NSA then. I was just a trainee at the time, but I remember all the scurrying, whispering in the halls, certain notes on cork boards in our classrooms.
When I got into the field some months later, I learned that our reporting had begun to deteriorate as the war had progressed. Emphasis had changed from best/most accurate info to making sure all the correct forms were filled out. The intel was becoming an afterthought.
It seemed to me that the policy of rotating high ranking non-coms and junior officers from Nam into units doing non-Nam collection was the culprit. It was all about them looking good to advance their careers.
My mom had mentioned to me once that CDR Bucher was one of my dad’s drinking buddies when he was in port...what a terrible thing that whole episode was. We should have gone to war over that...it was armed piracy, pure and simple. I still think we should take at least five MK84 JDAM’s and drop them on the poor Pueblo out of the blue, just to put her to rest.
Interesting observation on the progression of intel...and Powerpoint wasn’t even invented yet...