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From: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 07:22:16 +0800
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5-6-96. Time:
"Master of the Game. The formidable John Deutch is becoming
the most powerful CIA chief ever."
This power didn't fall accidentally into Deutch's lap;
he has lobbied hard for it. While he mouthed
technocratic demurrals before the Senate committee,
promising not to be too "intrusive" and humbly noting
that "my Cabinet colleagues have concerns about how
future DCI's would, over the long term, play a role in
this concurrence," it was clearly time for the winner to
take all.
The CIA is already upgrading many of its techniques:
breaking into computer systems, intercepting faxes,
experimenting with dead drops in cyberspace to receive
secrets.
The big-ticket spending that is out of control has been
satellites. The CIA wants to build $1 billion-apiece
"8X" spy satellites to photograph targets, even though
it has sitting in warehouses about half a dozen
satellites that have the capacity to take pictures for
the next decade. But satellites may simply not be that
useful. A secret CIA study recently concluded that
satellites provide less than 10% of the valuable signal
intelligence collected from such rogue states as Iraq
and Iran. Most such data are scooped up by ground
stations or via phone taps.
There is deep anxiety at Langley that Deutch's grab for
power is designed to advance his own career.
OCT_pus
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William Safire adds to this in 5-6-96 NYT: www.nytimes.com.
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