"The new kind of spying, the kind my colleague was jumping into, was done by officers based in military compounds, only able to leave with a Glock on the hip, i

"The new kind of spying, the kind my colleague was jumping into, was done by officers based in military compounds, only able to leave with a Glock on the hip, in armoured personnel carriers, guarded by armed men and women in uniforms with the American flag sewn on the arm." Forget the scenario, it's worse than that. The biggest failure of the CIA, replacing seasoned field-officers with desk jockey Analysts and ^zero fieldcraft^. [0] Fieldcraft was a casualty post-911. [1] [0] Bob Baer, "Dagger to the CIA" ~ http://www.gq.com/story/dagger-to-the-cia http://www.gq.com/story/dagger-to-the-cia [1] Bob Baer, “The place is broken” ~ http://www.salon.com/2004/05/12/baer_2/ http://www.salon.com/2004/05/12/baer_2/