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Article: Reshaping our intelligence community for the best effect.(BOOKS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2003
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Byline: Roger Fontaine, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It is axiomatic that Americans are uneasy about intelligence, including intelligence reform. That uneasiness explains why the United States did not acquire a permanent broad intelligence capability until after World War II, even though our first commander-in-chief George Washington was a first-rate intelligence officer - as Gen. William F. Odom, the author of "Fixing Inteligence: For a More Secure America." acknowledges.
This also explains Harry Truman's oft quoted fear that creating a central intelligence agency might lead to an American Gestapo - something the feisty Truman found totally ...