Maj Gen Michael Flynn says work of US intelligence agencies in Afghanistan only 'marginally relevant' to overall mission
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 January 2010
"The top US military intelligence officer in Afghanistan has sharply criticised the work of US intelligence agencies in the country, saying they were only "marginally relevant" to the overall mission.
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 January 2010
"The top US military intelligence officer in Afghanistan has sharply criticised the work of US intelligence agencies in the country, saying they were only "marginally relevant" to the overall mission.
In a stinging assessment of US intelligence work in Afghanistan, Major General Michael Flynn wrote: "The vast intelligence apparatus is unable to answer fundamental questions about the environment in which US and allied forces operate and the people they seek to persuade."
The report continued: "US intelligence officers and analysts can do little but shrug in response to high-level decision makers seeking the knowledge, analysis and information they need to wage a successful counterinsurgency."
The 26-page report (pdf), released yesterday by the Centre for a New American Security thinktank in Washington, recommends sweeping changes to focus the intelligence community less on the enemy and more on the Afghan people. It comes less than a week after seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack....."
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