Ray McGovern on U.S. intelligence

ray mcgovern, a highly articulate and analytical thinker and former cia senior analyst with a career spanning 27 years, seven presidents, and dealing with top russian intelligence issues, has some sobering insights into bush's intelligence apparatus...

Regarding the recent 9/11 Commission’s drastic recommendations for intelligence gathering methods adopted by the administration now bundling domestic and foreign services under one department head, McGovern claims the so-called reforms have made the situation worse.

"What you have is a body of former somebody’s who know nothing about intelligence gathering now making recommendations about improving it," said McGovern, referring to the members of the 9/11 Commission.

Taking an enormous subject and condensing it down to its basic elements as only a true CIA analyst could do, McGovern said the words of retired Army Gen. William Odom, once head of Army intelligence, explains the flawed intelligence gathering design under Bush in a single sentence.

"No organizational design will compensate for incompetent encumbrance."

now, then... don't you feel better...?

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