Ironically,
the 9/11 attack in New York, the worst warning failure since Pearl
Harbor, produced a knee-jerk windfall for American Intelligence. Like
public school systems, failure became a kind of fiscal stimulus.
Subsequently, government agencies that could embed "terrorism" in their
mission statements were showered with tax dollars.
The logic behind such largess is bigness, the assumption that more is the key to effectiveness: more personnel, more toys, more facilities, and more deficit spending. Unfortunately, these days, big Intelligence looks more like the problem than the solution. And the performance deficit didn't begin with Benghazi or Boston.
It took ten years for the American IC to find bin Laden. Several of his thugs still serve today as propaganda martyrs at Gitmo, yet to be convicted of anything. Nonetheless, all are hosted at American taxpayer expense, indefinitely, with three hots, a cot, and a Koran unsullied by the touch of infidels.
The logic behind such largess is bigness, the assumption that more is the key to effectiveness: more personnel, more toys, more facilities, and more deficit spending. Unfortunately, these days, big Intelligence looks more like the problem than the solution. And the performance deficit didn't begin with Benghazi or Boston.
It took ten years for the American IC to find bin Laden. Several of his thugs still serve today as propaganda martyrs at Gitmo, yet to be convicted of anything. Nonetheless, all are hosted at American taxpayer expense, indefinitely, with three hots, a cot, and a Koran unsullied by the touch of infidels.
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