“Intelligence,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan once observed, “is not to be confused with intelligence.” To read two recent analyses of U.S. intelligence failures is to be reminded of the truth of that statement, albeit in very different ways.Exhibit A is last week’s unclassified White House memo on the attempted bombing of Flight 253 over the skies […]
Bret Stephens: Can Intelligence Be Intelligent? – WSJ.com
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Obama’s Hedged Bet on Afghanistan – by Jacob Laksin
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