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I think people do deserve to be surprised. Competence is not the same as selflessness. Many people routinely question whether the FBI is operating for the goo
by gilgad13 11y ago
I think people do deserve to be surprised. Competence is not the same as selflessness. Many people routinely question whether the FBI is operating for the good of the country, but most people at least believe that they are good at their job.
- sbochins 11y agoIf interested in the CIA, you should read "Legacy of Ashes". That book documents how the CIA's biggest flaw through the years has been incompetence.
- seiji 11y agoand I would have gotten away with it too if only it weren't for my one flaw... being incompetent at everything!
- bootload 11y agocf: Competence "What The Khost Bombing Says About The CIA" (Robert Baer) ~ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124737760 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1247377... and "A Dagger to the CIA" ~ http://www.gq.com/story/dagger-to-the-cia http://www.gq.com/story/dagger-to-the-cia
- reagency 11y agoI prefer an incompetent adversary over a competent one.
- PakG1 11y agoHow about ally? Or is it so bad now that the CIA is an adversary, rather than an ally? I am sad that's actually a question.
- x1798DE 11y agoI'm not sure that the CIA has ever been a real ally of the people in general, but to the extent that they are, it's similar to the inclusion of the USSR in the Allied Powers during World War II.