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2012-01-27 Home Front: Politix

US spies to rely more on allies due to budget austerity

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Posted by 2012-01-27 00:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Why on earth would he say such a thing in public?

As the Agency Deputy Director responsable for the Policy, Plans and Requirements, David Shedd ( a Pres. Bush appointee) probably had his budget cut and went public as a kind of protest.

Maybe the DIA will depend on Open-source intelligence (OSINT)!

Posted by Willy 2012-01-27 04:33|| 2012-01-27 04:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Budget austerity? No problem. Fire an s-load of the upper management Eli "honorable schoolboys" that have monopolized the place for 50 years.

Our intelligence agencies have long been dependent on the Ivy League schools, a good analogy for which would be if the US Navy and Army were reliant on Annapolis and West Point for all their officers.

Instead, the intelligence agencies need the equivalent of ROTC on campuses around the country. While they do recruit there, it is only for low level jobs. But that is where they need to recruit to get less inbred skills.

People who want to work, not just push paper.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-01-27 09:27|| 2012-01-27 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 US spies to rely more on allies due to budget austerity

Omar Suleiman, for example.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-01-27 11:24|| 2012-01-27 11:24|| Front Page Top

#4 How about Hu Jintao? We rely on him for just about everything else.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-01-27 15:31|| 2012-01-27 15:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Who?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-01-27 19:20|| 2012-01-27 19:20|| Front Page Top

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