15-03-2009, 08:19 PM
Point taken Tosh. When most of us use the term 'CIA' we mean the covert action arm. I have no problem with the analysts and others bringing info in about the world. It is those messin' around with lives, countries and such. I realize many there don't know what they are working on - that kind of need-to-know and deniability is built-in. When we say CIA we also usually mean those covert ops done by the other groups you have mentioned and some you have not - as a kind of shorthand. Perhaps we should be more exacting. Prouty made it pretty clear to me how it operated then between agencies, and I doubt if it has changed a lot. But thanks for the fine tuning.
Interesting you think Little might be smaller than that!
Interesting you think Little might be smaller than that!