Branch can't meet with other senior U.S. intelligence leaders to discuss sensitive operations, or hear updates from his staff about secret missions or projects.

Branch can't meet with other senior U.S. intelligence leaders to discuss sensitive operations, or hear updates from his staff about secret missions or projects. It can be a chore just to set foot in colleagues' offices; in keeping with regulations, they must conduct a sweep beforehand to make sure any classified documents are locked up. "I have never heard of anything as asinine, bizarre or stupid in all my years," Norman Polmar, a naval analyst and historian, said in an interview. SNAFU/FUBAR come to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBAR_%28disambiguation%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBAR_%28disambiguation%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snafu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snafu