The business of intelligence has never been more challenging than it is now. Mike Woodson has an interesting take on NDI John Negroponte’s career change and the challenges that lie ahead:
We all know what it is like to be working on perfecting something on one’s own desk, only to have new regulations freak it out. And in this case, it would be by someone who was not in one’s field who carried a laundry list of changes in a diplomatic pouch. While Mr. Negroponte likely handled that job as well as anyone could, mending fences in a family of highly educated egos isn’t the same as mending fences among nations and groups in the foreign service. Still, I think political analyses of our intelligence services tend to over-generalize about the systemic problems, while neglecting the need for more stable, apolitical leadership.
Whatever happens, I hope that the Senate’s confirmation is smooth for Mr. Negroponte, and very, very quiet and thorough for his replacement. I don’t mean to sound a Red Scare, but the truth is that the Russian Federation is only just revealing its intended colors and capabilities in action while we ignored its rise, and the People’s Republic of China has remained a doctrinaire Red under Hu, but we didn’t care. Time to care. The two Shanghai Cooperators have been digging lots of tunnels to US resources, technology, smaller nations, and to information while we’ve been engaged in the WOT. We don’t have to be offensive or unreasonable toward them, just thorough, polite and firm in changing the locks, the rules and the game.
Related:
United States Intelligence Community
Wikipedia – John Negroponte Bio
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