WASHINGTON, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert David STEELE Vivas, a
career intelligence officer who went on to found the Marine Corps
Intelligence Command and then the international Open Source Intelligence
(OSINT) movement, spoke today in praise of Mary McCarthy, and
simultaneously called for the censure of the Director of National
Intelligence (DNI) and the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI).
"I know Mary McCarthy personally, and I have a deep understanding of
the pathologies extant within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the
new layer of bureaucracy created by the DNI at a cost to the taxpayer of
close to $1 billion a year.
"There is absolutely no question that Mary acted in the finest
traditions of the Republic, helping reveal and reduce terrible violations
of international law and human rights by the CIA. I have been through this
once before. Director Negroponte and I are two of the unindicted
participants in the high crimes and misdemeanors that characterized the
Ollie North-Alan Fiers era of misadventures in direct violation of the law
of the land, misadventures that included the mining of the Nicaraguan
harbors.
"America has lost sight of the fundamentals. If the DNI and DCI were
more astute and more willing to engage with those who actually know how to
reform intelligence, we would be committing fewer crimes against humanity
and catching more terrorists. We would also be educating the President,
overcoming his largely deficient education, by presenting the real world in
compelling terms demanding sensible strategy and sustained attention.
"Mary McCarthy should accept her firing with pride -- she served the
Republic, and has been fired by individuals who will eventually be censured
if not impeached. America owes her a vote of thanks. She certainly has my
respect."
For information on the death of U.S. Intelligence, visit
http://tinyurl.com/lj6um. OSS.Net is the foremost site in the world on
OSINT, and is now focusing on ethical legal means of achieving Collective
Intelligence, which empowers the public and holds government accountable.
We can do better. The continued failure of intelligence -- and of
intelligence oversight in Congress -- must be an issue in the 2006
elections. We plan to make it so.
SOURCE OSS.NET, Inc.
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