CIA rolls out plan to beef up spy techniques

[laststeamtrain]

Source: WP

CIA rolls out plan to beef up spy techniques

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press
Monday, April 26, 2010; 5:08 PM

WASHINGTON -- The CIA will spend millions of dollars over the next five years to improve intelligence gathering, upgrade technologies and enable analysts to work more closely with spies in the field, under a new plan laid out Monday.

The plan renews the agency's year-old goal to increase the number of analysts and overseas operatives fluent in another language - a problem that has plagued military and civilian intelligence officers throughout much of the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

CIA Director Leon Panetta said the changes will help the agency better battle emerging national security dangers, including terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and cyber threats. U.S. intelligence agencies have come under fire in recent months for perceived lapses that let a suicide bomber infiltrate a CIA base in Afghanistan and an alleged would-be bomber to board a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas.

According to Panetta, one key goal is to put more CIA analysts in the same location as the intelligence operatives - a system that has worked well for the agency in war zones. Historically, the two groups were separated, but that has been changing. By working in the same place, officials say, analysts and spies can exchange information and guidance more efficiently.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/26/AR2010042603449.html

[ixion]

1. yippee

:puke:

[lib2DaBone]

2. Murder a few more people, do a few more renditions....

fly in a few more tons of heroin...de-stabilize a few more governments...

..this spy business aint like it used to be in the 60's...it's tough work these days...

[cowman]

6. You're a F*****g I***t

[Rex]

10. You're right Air America wasn't run by the CIA nor did they

have anything to do with the Bay Of Pigs. :eyes:

Read much?

[Mnemosyne]

12. Do you have no knowledge of history? n/t

[unkachuck]

7. cowman....

....may think you're an i***t, but I love you.... :)

[Mopar151]

3. Good! Long overdue...

Better information = better decisions. We've backed too many low-life losers overseas, in pursuit of goals that were not in the interests of our country. but increased the personal power and wealth of "intelligence" operatives. Not having to hire the local criminals as "interpreters" is an excellent 1st step.

[laststeamtrain]

4. Not having to hire the local criminals as presidents might be good too.

I recommend Paul Bremer or Ahmed Chalabi. :sarcasm:

[Mopar151]

8. Wer'nt those guys our hand-picked criminals? n/t

[bemildred]

5. Hmmm, so our spy techniques were puny before?

"Everything is fine and we are going to fix it right away?"

[Robb]

9. Well, he's right on one account

It always goes better when the analysts are on the ground, or as close as possible to the ground, where the data is being collected.

Why this should cost as much as he's asking is a bit beyond me, though.

[Rex]

11. Why!? They still embarrassed about Italy.

I would say, 'let us start over with a Central Intelligence Agency' but it is far too late. Sadly.