Intelligence
Jul 27th, 2005 at 11:42 am by Susie
I just love all the publicity my former wingnut congress critter is getting as he attempts to carry water for the neocons on Iran:
According to Congressman Weldon, Republican from Pennsylvania, the CIA is incompentent because it will not accept as fact the bogus claims of a source who is being spoon fed by a confirmed liar, Manocher Ghobanifar. No doubt that Congressman Weldon is a well meaning American, but he is clearly over his head in dealing with the realities of intelligence.
The conventional wisdom in Washington is that the CIA is rife with buffoons who couldn’t find a rogue agent if you stapled one to their forehead. Fortunately this cartoon view of intel is not accurate. Unfortunately the fact that this lie keeps being repeated by the likes of Weldon ends up damaging the morale and effectiveness of the CIA.
Weldon is one of those people who is a real dope and yet extraordinarily canny about self-protection, self-promotion and working the angles. He is a totally political creature and I don’t believe a word he says about anything, including the words “the” and “and.”
He should stick to his area of knowledge. Taking money from Russia…