Some liberal congress members have hamstrung the CIA with many rules that
prohibit them from recruiting the right people that can infiltrate
tight-knit terrorist organizations. Frank Church and some others gutted the
CIA many years ago and the new recruitment rules were imposed in 1995. I
think some of the restrictive rules may get changed now. I don't want to
imply that the CIA was ever perfect though. They made many mistakes. /jnm
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:13 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OT] Attacks on the U.S.
I completely agree that this should be what happens. Unfortunately, our
"elite"
troops simply are not that good. Our movies & television tell us we are, but
we're
not. We actually were never able to find the actual Saddam and take him out
though
we tried & failed. And we won't have the ability to find bin Laden, and the
others, as much as I pray that we could.
As Clancy says, we won't even put forth the right level of man power into
spy
intelligence. The overwhelming majority of intelligence personnel are in
high
dollar desk jobs.
Off soapbox,
Larry
Jim Brokaw wrote:
>
> >
> a
> well-supported small force of elite troops going in (perhaps with the
> cooperation of the 'host' country, perhaps without...) and taking out the
> terrorist operation completely. No apology, no warning, and no regrets.
>
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