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Judi Lynn

(160,630 posts) Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:18 PM Oct 2017

CIA Director says more agents being sent into field

Source: Associated Press

Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
Updated 2:59 pm, Wednesday, October 4, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Wednesday outlined his vision for more aggressive intelligence work around the world, saying he's sending more spies to the field and moving decision-making down the chain of command to better protect national security.

Pompeo said he's trying to cut red tape and create a culture at the agency that says: "If you are in a process and you're not adding value, get out of the way."

"This risk of the absence of agility and speed is a price our agency can't afford to pay," he said in a speech at an intelligence conference at George Washington University. "It's one that America cannot afford either."

Pompeo, a former businessman and conservative Republican congressman from Kansas, took the helm of the CIA in January at a time of heightened strikes by Islamic extremists, aggressive behavior from Russia, accelerating threats from North Korea's nuclear program and tense relations between President Donald Trump and the intelligence agencies.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/CIA-Director-says-more-agents-being-sent-into-12252116.php

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CIA Director says more agents being sent into field (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2017 OP

Yeah no questions asked . Don't think twice or create red tape. lunasun Oct 2017 #1

Shortsighted and simplistic, no one would operate a business like he's proposing, procon Oct 2017 #2

lunasun

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1. Yeah no questions asked . Don't think twice or create red tape.

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Wed Oct 4, 2017, 10:47 PM

Oct 2017

procon

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2. Shortsighted and simplistic, no one would operate a business like he's proposing,

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Wed Oct 4, 2017, 11:09 PM

Oct 2017

let alone run the CIA. He's mimicking Trump's management style of dereliction of duty in handing off the responsibilities as the Commander in Chief to the Pentagon. Pompeo is out of his league, and he's going to shirk his duty by giving up his authority to the low level officers closest to the action. "After all, they almost always have a firmer grasp on the details and they should therefore be the ones leading the way."

Yes, the guy on the ground might be keenly aware of what he sees with his own two eyes, but he doesn't know the big picture. He doesn't know how his on the spot decision will impact diplomatic efforts, political goals or other operations that could provoke an international crisis. That's why a chain of command exists and someone must be in charge. Clearly that won't be Pompeo, the businessman and conservative Republican congressman from Kansas who is scared shitless of the job he agreed to take on.

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