CIA Officer Criticizes Agency's Handling of Bin Laden WP

[Rose Siding]

One of the most senior intelligence officers in the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit said yesterday that fewer experienced officers are assigned to defeating the al Qaeda leader and his followers now than there were on Sept. 11, 2001.

Michael Scheuer, the author of a best-selling book critical of the agency's fight against terrorism, said that even though the number of officers assigned to the task has increased substantially, "the level of experienced officers is a little less since September 11."
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Scheuer said he agreed to be interviewed because the Atlantic Monthly had posted on its Web site a letter he wrote to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that offers a detailed critique of the CIA's counterterrorism efforts. Scheuer, who has worked on counterterrorism since 1992, said he sent his superiors an e-mail Saturday morning explaining that he intended to answer media queries about the letter but received no response.
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Scheuer said he believes that the agency silenced him after CIA officials realized he was blaming the CIA, not the administration, for mishandling terrorism. "As long as the book was being used to bash the president, they gave me carte blanche to talk to the media," he said. "But this is a story about the failure of the bureaucracy to support policymakers."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35237-2004Nov8.html

[Old and In the Way]

1. Why does this administration hate this country so much?

Tell me that they aren't methodically taking down our ability to defend this country. They want more 9/11 type attacks to happen, because this is how they plan to stay in power.

When are the Bushbots gonna wake up?