https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world...onage.html

The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward....

The incompetence of our CIA, NSA and FBI over the last few years has just been astounding. I've got to believe it is largely because the agencies have been run by politicians (whether they had previously run for office or not) and not by professionals and people loyal to the country more than their party or their agency.

(05-20-2017 05:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world...onage.html
The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward....
The incompetence of our CIA, NSA and FBI over the last few years has just been astounding. I've got to believe it is largely because the agencies have been run by politicians (whether they had previously run for office or not) and not by professionals and people loyal to the country more than their party or their agency.

Having political appointees for ambassadors instead of career diplomats hurts too.

Compare the way that MI6 interacts with the UK foreign service with the way our intel agencies interact with State Department and with each other, and you'll see a lot of reasons for many of our problems.

(05-20-2017 05:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world...onage.html

The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward....

The incompetence of our CIA, NSA and FBI over the last few years has just been astounding. I've got to believe it is largely because the agencies have been run by politicians (whether they had previously run for office or not) and not by professionals and people loyal to the country more than their party or their agency.

So it started happening right after Hillary setup her illegal private email server that she had classified material illegally sent to. Hmmmmmmm.....

(05-20-2017 05:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 05:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world...onage.html
The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward....
The incompetence of our CIA, NSA and FBI over the last few years has just been astounding. I've got to believe it is largely because the agencies have been run by politicians (whether they had previously run for office or not) and not by professionals and people loyal to the country more than their party or their agency.

So it started happening right after Hillary setup her illegal private email server that she had classified material illegally sent to. Hmmmmmmm.....

No, no, no. That's just a coincidence. Yeah, right, sure....

(05-20-2017 05:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(05-20-2017 05:12 PM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world...onage.html

The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward....

The incompetence of our CIA, NSA and FBI over the last few years has just been astounding. I've got to believe it is largely because the agencies have been run by politicians (whether they had previously run for office or not) and not by professionals and people loyal to the country more than their party or their agency.

So it started happening right after Hillary setup her illegal private email server that she had classified material illegally sent to. Hmmmmmmm.....