CIA Headed in the Wrong General Direction
11.29.2012 at 11:12pm
CIA Headed in the Wrong General Direction by Roy A. Harrell Jr., San Angelo Standard-Times Op-Ed. "Agency should not be paramilitary force."
… One would hope that whoever becomes the director will have the good sense to hand over the main responsibility for drone attacks to the Pentagon, thus re-emphasizing that agency's traditional and mandated role. There is certainly no role for the CIA in these endeavors.
… Like lots of traditionalists who worked at the CIA, this writer would like and even yearn for a return to the CIA-mandated role rather than some paramilitary unit. Petraeus should not be missed in this role of director of Central Intelligence.
