GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: CIA shakeup a bad idea, some old spies say

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: The Washington Post

09February2011 5:54pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: CIA veterans say a report that the agency is radically reorganizing its spy service is probably overblown, and if it’s not, it's an idea that should be shot down, as has happened in the past.

U.S. News reported Tuesday that CIA Director Leon Panetta has undertaken “a major shift to reinvigorate” the agency’s National Clandestine Service, “potentially impacting up to half the CIA's workforce.”

The story was short on particulars but said Panetta’s plan was to lower walls between geographic divisions and “allow the nation's spies to move more easily from one group, issue, or region to another when needed.”

"These changes will enable the NCS to move its people to where they're needed most, whether it's to fight terrorism or to focus on an emerging hot spot," U.S. News said, quoting an unidentified “intelligence insider.”

But some longtime CIA veterans said the alleged shakeup is less than it seems... (read full report)

 

 

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