Just remember while Creepy Grennell destroys the intel community from the top, the Agency are still quietly recruiting your kids. cia.gov/kids-page/game…
How many actually read the Pike Committee report? The CIA had already compiled the "Family Jewels" but the New York Times published them on 5 June 1975.
https://www.cia./library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter98_99/art07.html
https://www.cia./library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter98_99/art07.html
The Church/Pike restrictions and the shut down of the Contra mess was labeled "Deep State" by Reagan: Liberals blocking the right wing agenda. Which led to numerous illegal abuses among them Iran Contra. But just a backlash to Watergate and abuse by CIA. cato.org/publications/c…
The real weakness with deliberately destroying vetted agencies with senior people is you destroy morale & capability. The CIA is rotorootered every time a new director is hired. OSS cowboy one day, DMV take a number the next day. Trump fears smart focused people with scoop.
The funny thing is, some fucked off top intel and specs folks just go out on the free market. Some even work for creepy murdery dictator countries like Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Emirates and even China. The money's better and there are no guardrails. foreignpolicy.com/2017/12/21/dee…
Inside the Special Operations and intel world are some of the smartest, bravest people America has. But Trump is methodically degrading their influence hiring dirt bags, brown nosers and politicizing something that political not patriotic. A speciality that Trump could never join
