Status Updates From Beyond Repair: The Decline ...

“I would submit that it is critical for the United States to have answers to these questions. Accepting that we do not know should not be an option. We should do whatever it takes and employ whatever methodology we need to employ to get this information. It is a simple intellectual process. Figure out what you need to know. Figure out what you need to do to get access to the information in question. Do it.”

“Every major internal study of the CIA done in the last five years of which I am aware has pointed to the lack of quality senior leadership as the single biggest threat to the future of the organization.”

“It was done because in the CIA of today mission accomplished has taken such a backseat to bureaucratic concerns that … “