"Our ability to “raise the level of the debate” or to “help policy-makers make the best decisions possible” or to “speak truth to power”—however one defines the

"Our ability to “raise the level of the debate” or to “help policy-makers make the best decisions possible” or to “speak truth to power”—however one defines the mission—rests on one thing and one thing only: our reputations for analytic rigor, objectivity, and total integrity. Lose that and we lose everything" It would have been interesting to see at least some acknowledgement of, and response to, the fact that the CIA currently has acquired itself a reputation for extracting false intelligence clumsily through relentless torture and brutalization. How, despite all the very smart and experienced people working for the organization, does that come to be the output? What goes wrong there?