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2004-08-12 Africa: Subsaharan

More details emerge of al-Qaeda activities in West Africa

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-12 12:22:25 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think most American intelligence agents are idiots. All the ones I've ever seen are suit wearing, college degree holdin', sittin' in air-conditioned Washington D.C. offices, by-the-book losers...We need way more dirty, criminal, aggressive, crazy mo-fo's.

Posted by Kentucky Beef">Kentucky Beef 2004-08-12 10:03|| 2004-08-12 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 KB,

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Posted by Porter Goss 2004-08-12 10:10|| 2004-08-12 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 U.N. peacekeeping operations in both Liberia and Sierra Leone seem to leave little room for the terrorists to maneuver for now.

Are there still Brits in SL? That would help explain the above sentence. In any case to the extent that the bluehats are keeping even a modicum of order, that could be enough to harm a second tier AQ operation.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-08-12 10:19|| 2004-08-12 10:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Having worked inside the "industry" for most of my military career, I have to say that intelligence agents are as varied as the rest of society, and about as varried in their success. It's not the AGENTS, or the ANALYSTS or the INTERCEPTORS or the INTERPRETERS that are the problem. Most of them are extremely well qualified, know their subject, and do a job you'd have to see to believe. The problem is, they ALL work for bureaucrats who have about as much knowledge of what they're doing as any set of clowns in Washington, and whose primary job is to look good (or more importantly, keep from looking bad), put in their time, get promoted if they can, collect their pay, and retire as soon as possible. Until we break THAT mold, our "intelligence" will continue to suck.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-08-12 8:21:17 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-08-12 8:21:17 PM|| Front Page Top

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