My belly is fully of cookies. Debating on which I should do first. Finish my Peace Corps application or my OCS application. Or continue my string of comedic short stories featuring Irish Zeb and his travels in and around the Orient.
But that's just human. People are always railing about the evils of bureaucracies, etc. But they exist, and are created naturally by human societies, for a reason. Security, stability, the ability to shoulder collective blame rather than send one person overboard for a decision, etc. They serve a function, but we only focus on them being a) unnecessary and b) having no positive value. Both are untrue and overly simplistic analyses.
But that's just human. People are always railing about the evils of bureaucracies, etc. But they exist, and are created naturally by human societies, for a reason. Security, stability, the ability to shoulder collective blame rather than send one person overboard for a decision, etc. They serve a function, but we only focus on them being a) unnecessary and b) having no positive value. Both are untrue and overly simplistic analyses.
Can't tell you how many threats I hear about all the time that are neutralized from people that work for the DOS, FBI, CIA, etc...only place I haven't met someone that works for is the NSA. We find shit all the time but all people hear about in the news are the ones that we missed.
Prime example: The guy here in the US that claims to be al-qaeda (spelling?) that we tricked into thinking he was going to bomb the Capital building. As a result, we found other leads through this guys stupidity.
But that's just human. People are always railing about the evils of bureaucracies, etc. But they exist, and are created naturally by human societies, for a reason. Security, stability, the ability to shoulder collective blame rather than send one person overboard for a decision, etc. They serve a function, but we only focus on them being a) unnecessary and b) having no positive value. Both are untrue and overly simplistic analyses.
It's interesting though because within the literature the issue of separation or collectivisation on intelligence has completely overlooked the fact that 'competition' between agencies dealing with national security is self-defeating because ICs thrive on cooperation and separation only splinters the bureaucracy instead of ameliorating its negative effects. Malaya 52-4 proved that an IC is only as effective as its inter-service linkages.
My belly is fully of cookies. Debating on which I should do first. Finish my Peace Corps application or my OCS application. Or continue my string of comedic short stories featuring Irish Zeb and his travels in and around the Orient.