CIA Officer Quits Job to Criticize Agency

By KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A senior CIA officer who has become an outspoken critic of the fight on terrorism turned in his resignation this week, citing a desire to speak more freely about problems in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the debate over intelligence reform.



Current government officials are rarely as vocal as Mike Scheuer, who wrote "Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror." But he called the decision to leave the agency after 22 years "entirely my own."


"I have concluded that there has not been adequate national debate over the nature of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden and the forces he leads and inspires, and the nature and dimensions of intelligence reform needed to address that threat," Scheuer said in a statement sent to reporters Thursday via electronic mail.


Scheuer's CIA assignments included running the bin Laden unit from January 1996 to June 1999. He hopes his experience and views will produce a more substantive debate.


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problems would resolve themselves. Instead, we're going to see some ugly defections. And those are going to be the people with at least an ounce of integrity.

I keep hoping that the conscience of a LOT of people will start hounding away at them. So much so that they HAVE to get it off their chests and they blow the collective whistle right up you know who's ass. :evilgrin:

especially, sad to say, the true blue CIA. The Bush I variety would be better,

We need courageous DEFECTIONS or the unimaginable and that is unlikely because they know they will likely fail(at least that).

but it was SO much fun to picture * in the 'role of the President.'
:evilgrin:

OK, I'll go for courageous defections. ANYTHING that will get the truth out there.

Not to late....Don't sell your soul to Satan and the religious fanatics. He had a change of heart maybe the others will too.