Intelligence Estimate on Terrorism Released

[Tom Odom]

PT

No disagreement in your asking the hard questions, especially on the Pakistanis.

When I used the term "hopeful" it was as I stated; Clapper, and the greater intel community has improved in providing a more coherent picture.

Where they still fall short is where intel crosses into policy. It is longstanding intel dogma that intel does not recommend policy or even measure it. That is a cop out; intel does play in policy and everyone with a brain knows it. For that matter we proclaim that fact in our military doctrine when we state intel drives maneuver.

Tom

[Jedburgh]

...Anyway, this is turning into a discussion about South Asian politics and not about the Intelligence Estimate released earlier this month and the testimony from Gen. Clapper, so I will disengage from it.

I have cut the posts which are solely focused on the Pakistan discussion and moved them into their own thread in the South Asia forum.

Carry on.