Pitfalls in Iraq for The CIA
By Jim Hoagland (THE WASHINGTON POST, 03/04/03):
The war in Iraq is apotheosis and pitfall for George Tenet and his Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA's strengths in the opening phase of the war now quickly become grave weaknesses for President Bush's goals in the decisive stage of this campaign and in Iraq's volatile political future.
The agency's strengths lie in its covert license to buy, seduce or eliminate America's potential and real foes. Its glory at this moment flows from the barrels of the guns and the stacks of cash that agency operatives can hand out secretly to people who say they will do America's bidding.… Seguir leyendo »