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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Please Explain this Statement
	Date:	7/7/2009 12:52:40 PM

I did actually have a large "staff" -- 250 people, but they would have known better than to send information up without providing the back up.

I'm not aware of any additional bureaucracy that was created when they brought the intell agencies under one Office. My recollection was that the position was considered to be basically "toothless" as it had responsibility without resources or additional budget. One good thing that came out of it, was that the various intelligence agencies cleaned house -- got rid of a lot of people with skills they no longer needed and brought in some others that they did need.

Even after 9/11 there was still a lot of distrust amongst the various intelligence agencies and the various reportings were not always consistent. My organization was a user of the intelligence products. DoD (that would be Doug Feith) so distrusted the CIA reporting (regarding Iraq) that he created a separate intelligence cell in his office.

I've been away from it for almost 3 years and I hope it has gotten better.

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