Posted on 04/27/2004 2:05:03 PM PDT by AdamSelene235
Would The Wall Street Journal get its information from Mad magazine?
To understand the state of U.S. intelligence before Sept. 11, read the now famous declassified Presidential Daily Brief of Aug. 6, 2001. As you read, though, keep in mind that when it comes to finished intelligence, PDBs are the crown jewels. They meld the best information from the CIA's clandestine sources, our embassies all over the world, the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and every other federal agency with a possible input. Like crown jewels, too, they are protected to within an inch of their lives. In all my years in the CIA, I never once was given access to a PDB, and I was by far the rule, not the exception. Compartmentation rules forbid it. Sources and methods are too valuable.
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