My understanding is that a) Dulles was somewhat of a manic depressive nutjob (with a number of screwups in Europe and the Middle East) that Eisenhower could bar

My understanding is that a) Dulles was somewhat of a manic depressive nutjob (with a number of screwups in Europe and the Middle East) that Eisenhower could barely stand most of the time...he kept him around to keep his brother and Sec State, John Foster Dulles happy. b) most of the "intelligence" these days seem to be signals/electronic intelligence; human intelligence still plays a role but in more specific circumstances.