tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post962394011405889097..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Refusing to Connect the Dots (Or, Much Ado About the Same Old Thing)George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-12102591832007165782007-07-17T12:08:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:08:00.000-04:00Mike Hayden, I'm convinced, is trying to curry fav...Mike Hayden, I'm convinced, is trying to curry favor with the Clintons so he can keep his job. Won't work. The Missus will want a toady in the job.<BR/><BR/>I'm fairly convinced that Hayden and the CIA are screwed anyway, as I suspect that Giuliani will be the next President. He won't keep Hayden, either. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm of the belief that the Agency needs radical, top to bottom, structural reform of its HUMINT capabilities, including abolition of the Station Chief system, which dates from the Postwar era. What you saw out of the CIA in the period leading up to the 9/11 Hearings and its continued covert operations against the Administration reflect, more than anything else, a deep resistance to any kind of structural reform.<BR/><BR/>In a sense, it's the most reactionary agency in town.section9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956773307014115891noreply@blogger.com