Sunday, October 11, 2009

Real News Video: Iran: What's intelligence got to do with it?

Ray McGovern and Greg Thielmann discuss disconnect between intel community, government and public, Part 4


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"Intelligence work is a "fool's errand" says former CIA senior analyst, Ray McGovern, referring to the tendency of politicians and the press to neglect or manipulate one's work. Greg Thielmann notes that it isn't only US intelligence officers that are neglected, adding that the threat assessments of intelligence services around the world indicate their belief that developing a nuclear weapon is one of the best ways to avoid being attacked by the United States."

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