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Dumb intelligence
Washington Monthly, May, 2005 by Charles Peters
"The dreadful mediocrity of the intelligence community," writes David Ignatius, a columnist for The Washington Post, "is its most striking characteristic" Of all that has been written about the problems of our spy agencies, this is the truest. We need "smarter people," writes Ignatius, "We don't need a proliferation of new, inexperienced intelligence officers overseas who will fill quotas by recruiting bogus agents who produce large volumes of low-quality intelligence. We need real spies."
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The problem is that real spies not only have to be smart, they must also be courageous. That's a hard bill to fill. And that, far more than reorganization, is the real challenge we must face if we want better intelligence.
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