CONCLUSION 

Charles Faddis, author of Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA. 

      "The structure of the CIA must be simplified. The organization must be field-centric. It is not the job of those in the field to wait for people in Langley to finish their meetings and reviews. It is the job of people in Langley to keep up." 

     "We know what the problems are. We know how to fix them. What we have lacked until now is the willingness to do what is needed."

     "Somewhere in the world a terrorist group is planning a deadly biological attack on the United States. Afghan and Pakistanis are conspiring to seize Pakistani nuclear weapons."

     "Chinese are putting the finishing touches on a plan to blockade Taiwan and crash the global economy. Venezuelans are discussing with Russians putting hypersonic missiles on their soil that can carry nuclear warheads." 

     "The only organization that has a prayer of providing insight into these and many other threats is the CIA. We needed it in 1947. We need it even more today. We have no time to waste in returning it to fighting form." 

Jimmy's thoughts: The CIA and other protectors failed us on 9/11. The Democrat geniuses, in search of more voters, probably have allowed more enemies to cross our border in all history, in just three years.  

We also think all our agencies can learn something from Mr. Faddis.

         

 SOLUTIONS 

     This former CIA department head told his audience a new director who "knows the terrain is critical to CIA survival."

     "Some of what is needed can be taught. But you can't teach the critical skills required...to connect with people in organizations that exist to murder people like you...and get them to follow your orders. That takes raw physical courage. It takes perceptions. It takes instinct, insight and immense self-confidence."

 Part 4

     "A new director must make it crystal clear there is no more business as usual, that the CIA is returning to its roots, that there will be zero tolerance for any involvement in domestic politics. A significant number of senior officers should be removed immediately. There must be a clear sea change. Everyone must understand that real reform is underway and there will be zero tolerance for foot dragging, slow rolling or internal resistance." 

     "Individuals who made rank by playing it safe and currying favor with superiors should be removed immediately. They should be replaced by individuals with the brains, guts, and audacity to do what is needed."

     "There can be only one measure of success - results. We must be interested solely in intelligence that gives us a decisive advantage over our adversaries." 

     "Recruiting must be completely revamped. Quotas are absurd. Focusing on color, gender and sexual orientation is at best irrelevant. We want the best, and that means those people who possess the unique blend of skills and abilities to do what everyone else considers impossible." 

Conclusion tomorrow

Political Desires First

     Before we leave the Libyan fiasco behind, Mr. Faddis said in his speech, regarding the lie, 'a peaceful event gone bad:' "This was absurd on its face. The Director of Central Intelligence (Mike Morell) injected himself into a domestic political dispute."

     "He did so, presumably, because he believed that Sec. of State Clinton would be the next president and he would be named to a senior post in her administration."

Part 3

     "In the runup to the 2016 election, people within Clinton's campaign concocted the idea of smearing Donald Trump with false accusations. When this failed to prevent Trump's election, they carried on to destabilizing the Trump presidency and perhaps even removing Trump from office."

     "The involvement of the FBI (Crossfire Hurricane) has been documented. The CIA's role: Investigation has shown that American intelligence sought to involve allied intelligence services. To the British it became clear this activity was inappropriate and illegal." 

     "Such interaction doesn't happen without the involvement of the CIA. John Brennan, CIA director, had to know about Crossfire Hurricane and he also had to approve it. When Brennan stepped down, he was replaced by Gina Haspel. She was chief of station in London during Crossfire Hurricane and had to have been part of this plot." 

     "When Hunter Biden's laptop threatened to derail Joe Biden's 2020 campaign, 51 former intelligence officers signed a now infamous letter branding the laptop a product of Russian disinformation. I have seen ...and retain a copy to this day. I can assure you it was real and that ... Joe Biden was compromised by a number of foreign actors - chief among them the Chinese Communist Party." 

     Of the 51, Faddis said, five were former directors or acting directors of the CIA. Mike Morell and John Brennan were among those five.  

Tomorrow, Solutions

 

 Sitting Behind Their Desks 

Layers of Middle Management

     Washington today. They laugh at the boss's jokes. Are loyal to prevailing groupthink. Move paper. Attend meetings. Climb the corporate ladder. 

     "But they have no idea how to run an op or recruit a source," said a former CIA department head in a speech at Hillsdale College. 

Part 2

     "At its core," he said, "the CIA is meant to do what everyone else considers impossible. It's supposed to be run by people who will steal the crown jewels if asked. Not anymore. Now it's run by people who look for ops with no downside, and therefore, no upside either."

     "The CIA has proved unable to put a source inside a Chinese bio lab, within the leadership of the Taliban, or next to Valdimir Putin. Those kinds of operations require the willingness to take risks and manage those risks. We no longer have either."

Politization 

     September 11, 2012. Two American compounds in Benghazi, Libya were attacked by an Islamic militia with a terrorist history. A compound of the Dept. of State was overrun. The American ambassador was killed. 

     A CIA compound was better prepared to resist. Those inside held out long enough for a relief force in Tripoli to arrive and evacuate CIA personnel. No military relief force was sent by the Obama administration.

     Throughout the attacks, a stream of reporting went to Washington. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others began to peddle the narrative that a peaceful demonstration had simply gotten out of control. No terrorism. 

If we recall correctly, Clinton remained on a ship.

    offshore, surrounded by friendly forces.

To be continued

  

Don't Worry 

     Government agencies are inclusive, and the right politicians have our backs ... no, wait ... they have turned their backs. 

     Charles Faddis, a former department chief at the Central Intelligence Agency, is worried..."We have no time to waste in returning the CIA to fighting form."

     The CIA was created after World War II with one primary mission - to prevent another Pearl Harbor. How's it going? Faddis answered the question in a speech at Hillsdale College, which we summarize for you. 

     He said the CIA is failing for two reasons: bureaucratization and politicization. 

     "Espionage requires innate skills," he said. "Not everyone can do it. Their primary job is spotting, recruiting and developing spies. All this requires gut instincts, decisions on the fly, navigating through a maze and tolerating ambiguity." 

     "People in charge of our government have forgotten this. They have turned the CIA into just another federal agency. Recruiters look for academic degrees, language proficiency, skin color and sexual orientation." 

     "Training has been softened and is formbook in nature. We act as if anyone can be taught espionage."  

To be continued

This is the Day 

     We've had Thanksgiving.

     We've had Black Friday. 

     And every day...

     This is the Day the Lord has made.

            Let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

                              Psalm 118:24 

Thanksgiving, Looking Back

     Andree Peterson unpacks the story of Pilgrims vs. Puritans (as edited).

     "It seems a truth of human nature that no sooner does a group split off from another that the splitting group itself splits. Start of the 1600s, there were four main categories of English Christians: those who stayed with Rome (Catholics); those content with the Church of England; those who were not content but stayed to purify it (Puritans), and those who exited (Separatists - the Pilgrims). 

     "When the dust settled, we had the outlines of today's American Christianity. Like the making of laws and sausage, the process wasn't pretty. Separatists felt compelled to shake off a corrupt national church they likened to Babylon. Puritans thought the national church to be redeemable. 

     "This animosity crossed the pond and washed up. In 1607, while the first three Puritan vessels were unloading at Jamestown, Va., the Pilgrims were making their escape across the North Sea to Holland. Their next port would be Cape Cod in 1620, without charter or warrant from any government. But they felt the necessity of civil government and made their own contract on the Mayflower. 

     "A letter by (Puritan) Gov. John Endicott to (Separatist) Gov. William Bradford concludes this Thanksgiving remembrance. 

     "Right worthy Sir: It is a thing not usual that servants to one Master and of the same household should be strangers. I desire it not; nay, to speak more plainly, I cannot be so to you. God's people are marked with one and the same mark, and sealed with one and the same seal, and have, for the main, one and the same heart, guided by one and the same Spirit of truth. 

     "God willing, I purpose to see your face shortly. In the meantime, I humbly take my leave of you, committing you to the Lord's blessed protection and rest. Your assured loving friend and servant. John Endicott."

We'll discuss the CIA next week.