It isn’t a wonder that things seem more fouled up with a DNI than before. We have too many agencies fighting for turf and seeking to speak/act for the US.

Keeping these miscreants that brought us torture and rendition and intelligence estimates that were nearly wholly wrong is not change. Off with their heads! (Actually forced retirement, with no freedeom to join some think tank or whatever influencers might be interested in dead wood).

Wouldn’t it be nice to have one competent agency? There is no model among the FBI, DHS, and CIA/NSA/et al worth replicating.

Now, I readily admit, it surely would help if the President, Secy’s of State and Defense, and Nat. Security Council Dir did interesting things like ask real questions and demand more than pabulum. An incompetent, incurious Preznit like GW Bush just makes things even worse. An evil, agenda-pursuing Vice Preznit (Cheney) and assorted accomplices (Feith, Wolfowitz, et. al) makes for great circus acts and not much more.

Talk about pouring money down rat holes: the feeble-intelligence world we have is worthy of maybe Zimbabwe, but demands answer to the question of whether we are better off with or without this clown act.

Alan: … here’s Jackie to tell you all how to rid the world of all known diseases.

Jackie: Well, first of all become a doctor and discover a marvellous cure for something, and then, when the medical profession really starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right so there’ll never be any diseases ever again.

Alan: Thanks, Jackie. Great idea. Now, how to play the flute. Well here we are. You blow there and you move your fingers up and down here.

Noel: Great, great, Alan. Well, next week we’ll be showing you how black and white people can live together in peace and harmony, and Alan will be over in Moscow showing us how to reconcile the Russians and the Chinese. So, until next week, cheerio.