Donate for the Cryptome collection of files from June 1996 to the present 27 October 2007 Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, Tim Weiner, 2007, pp 510-13, Bob Gates took over the Pentagon on December 18, 2006 -- the only entry-level analyst ever to run the CIA and the only director ever to become secretary of defense. Two weeks later, John Negroponre, the new national intelligence czar, resigned after nineteen months to become the number-two man at the State Department. He was replaced by a retired admiral, Mike McConnell, who had run the National Security Agency during its first great collapse at the dawn of the digital age and who had spent the last decade making money as a military contractor at Booz Allen Hamilton. When Gates settled in at the Pentagon, he looked around at the American intelligence establishment and he saw stars: a general was running the CIA, a general was the undersecretary of defense for intelligence. a general was in charge of State Department's counterterrorism programs, a lieutenant general was the Pentagon's deputy undersecretary for intelligence, and a major general was running spies at the CIA. Everyone of these jobs had been held by civilians, going back many years. Gates saw a world in which the Pentagon had crushed the CIA, just as it had vowed to do sixty years before. He wanted to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, bring the suspected terrorists from Cuba to the United States, and either convict them or recruit them. He wanted to contain the Defense Department's dominance over intelligence. He longed to reverse the decline in the CIA's central role in American government. But there was very little he could do. The decline was part of a slow rot undermining the pillars of American national security. After four years of war in Iraq, the military was exhausted, bled by leaders who had invested far more in futuristic weapons than in uniformed soldiers, After five years of defending a foreign policy based on born-again faith, the State Department was adrift, unable to give voice to the values of democracy. And after six years of willful ignorance imposed by know-nothing politicians, congressional oversight of the agency had collapsed. The 9/11 Commission had said that of all the tasks facing American intelligence, strengthening congressional oversight might be the most difficult, and the most important. In 2005 and 2006, Congress responded by failing to pass the annual authorization bill for the CIA, the basic law governing the agency, its policies, and its spending. The roadblock was a single Republican senator who obstructed the bill because it ordered the White House to file a classified report on the CIA's secret prisons. The failure of authority made the intelligence committees irrelevant. Not since the 1960s had there been so little congressional control over the agency. Now a far different force gained great influence over intelligence: corporate America. At the end of Dwight Eisenhower's years as president, a few days after he lamented the legacy of intelligence failures he would pass on to his successors, he gave his farewell address to the nation and famously warned: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." Little more than half a century later, the surge of secret spending on national security after 9/11 had created a booming intelligence-industrial complex. Source Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, right, swears in retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper as the under secretary of defense for intelligence during a private ceremony in the Pentagon April 13, 2007. Clapper's wife holds the Bible as the oath of office is administered. DoD photo by R. D. Ward. (Released). Camera Operator: ROBERT D. WARD Date Shot: 15 Apr 2007 Source Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. Thomas [sic] Gates, presents awards to six DOD Intelligence Experts on Jan. 14, 1993 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. OSD Package No. A07D-00096 (DOD Photo by Robert D. Ward) (Released) [Current DNI Mike McConnell in center.] Corporate clones of the CIA started sprouting all over the suburbs of Washington and beyond. Patriotism for profit became a $50-billion-a-year business, by some estimates a sum about the size of the American intelligence budget itself. This phenomenon traced back fifteen years. After the cold war the agency began contracting out thousands of jobs to fill the perceived void created by the budget cuts that began in 1992. A CIA officer could file his retirement papers, turn in his blue identification badge, go to work for a much better salary at a military contractor such as Lockheed Martin or Booz Allen Hamilton, then return to the CIA tne next day, wearing a green badge. After September 2001, the out-sourcing went out of control. Green-badge bosses started openly recruiting in the CIA's cafeteria. Great chunks of the clandestine service became wholly dependent on contractors who looked like they were in the CIA's chain of command, but who worked for their corporate masters. In effect, the agency had two workforces -- and the private one was paid far better. By 2006 something on the order of half the officers at the Baghdad station and the new National Counterterrorism Center were contract employees, and Lockheed Martin, the nation's biggest military contractor, was posting help-wanted ads for "counterterrorism analysts" to interrogate suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo prison. Fortunes could be made in the intelligence industry. The money was a powerful attractor, and the result was an ever-acce1erating brain drain -- the last thing the CIA could afford -- and the creation of companies like Total Intelligence Solutions. Founded in February 2007, Total Intel was run by Cofer Black -- the chief of the CIA's counterterrorist center on 9/11. His partners were Robert Richer, who had been the number-two man at the clandestine service, and Enrique Prado, Black's chief of counterterror operations, All three had decamped from the Bush adminisnation's war on terror in 2005 to join Blackwater USA, the politicaily wired private security company that served, among many other things, as the Praetorian Guard for Americans in Baghdad. They learned the tricks of the government-contracting trade at Blackwater, and within little more than a year Black and company were running Total Intel. These were among the best of the CIA's officers. But the spectacle of jumping ship in the middle of a war to make a killing was unremarkable in twenty-first-century Washington, Legions of CIA veterans quit their posts to sell their services to the agency by writing analyses, creating cover for overseas officers, setting up communications networks, and running clandestine operations. Following their example, new CIA hires adopted their own five-year plan: get in, get out, and get paid. A top secret security clearance and a green badge were golden tickets for a new breed of Beltway bandits, The outsourcing of intelligence was a clear sign that the CIA could not perform many of its basic missions unaided after 9/11. Above all, it could not help the army impose democracy at gunpoint in Iraq. Action without knowledge was a dangerous business, as Americans found to their sorrow. Gallery of Military-Intelligence Complex Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell speaks at the DNI Open Source Conference , Tuesday, July 17, 2007 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) http://www.boozallen.com/about/article_news-ideas/23446266 On January 5, 2007, President George W. Bush announced the nomination of Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President J.M. (Mike) McConnell to become Director of National Intelligence (DNI), succeeding Ambassador John Negroponte. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, left, confers with Thomas Fingar of the National Intelligence Council, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, as they testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide national security threats. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) FBI Director Robert Mueller, left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, and CIA Director Michael Hayden, right, share a laugh, prior to President Bush speaking at the ceremonial swearing-in for Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007 at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) *** FILE *** CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden speaks at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance dinner in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. The work of the CIA's in-house investigator who found fault with the agency's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks is being subjected to an internal review, published reports say. The move, which is highly unusual, has raised concerns that CIA Director Michael Hayden is trying to squelch the investigations of Inspector General John Helgerson, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times reported Friday, Oct. 12, 2007 citing anonymous officials. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) Defense Secretary Robert Gates listens as Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, not pictured, speaks after his ceremonial swearing-in ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell speaks at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Dr. Donald Kerr testifies on Capitol Hill in Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to become Deputy Director of National Intelligence. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) CIA Deputy Director for Intelligence Jami Miscik talks with a reporter about her job as the top analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency during an interview with the Associated Press at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio& EventID=GC07&SPID=2627 Jami Miscik Global Head of Sovereign Risk, Lehman Brothers Source Dell L. Dailey State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/87639.htm Ambassador at Large Dell L. Dailey is the Department of State's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, charged with coordinating and supporting the development and implementation of U.S. Government policies and programs aimed at countering terrorism overseas. As the principal advisor to the Secretary of State on international counterterrorism matters, he is responsible for taking a leading role in developing coordinated strategies to defeat terrorists abroad and in securing the cooperation of international partners to that end. Prior to his current assignment, Ambassador Dailey served over 36 years on active duty in the United States Army, reaching the rank of Lieutenant General as the Director of the Center for Special Operations (CSO), U.S. Special Operations Command, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. James R. Clapper, Jr. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=124 James R. Clapper Jr. was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence on April 11, 2007. He is the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense regarding intelligence, counterintelligence and security matters. He is also dual-hatted as the Director of Defense Intelligence and reports directly to the Director of National Intelligence as his principal advisor regarding defense intelligence matters. Mr. Clapper previously served as the chief operating officer for Detica DFI. Prior to his position at DFI International, he served as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director from September 2001 to June 2006; he was the first civilian director of the NGA. He retired as a lieutenant general from the U.S. Air Force in 1995, after a 32-year career. Prior to his appointment as director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency in September 2001, he worked in industry for six years as an executive in three successive companies. His business focus was on the intelligence community. Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb.. 27, 2007, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide national security threats. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Vice Adm. Robert Murrett gestures during an interview in his office in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, May 8, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) Source Michael Sulick CIA Director of the National Clandestine Service https://www.cia.gov/offices-of-cia/clandestine-service/index.html The National Clandestine Service (NCS) operates as the clandestine arm of the CIA, and serves as the national authority for the coordination, deconfliction, and evaluation of clandestine human intelligence operations across the Intelligence Community. The NCS supports our country's security and foreign policy interests by conducting clandestine activities to collect information that is not obtainable through other means. The NCS also conducts counterintelligence and special activities as authorized by the President. Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, reviews his notes, while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2007, before the Senate Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) Source The Honorable Dr. Stephen Cambone (center), new Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, watches as the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, greets Mrs. Margaret Cambone (right) at the end of his swearing-in ceremony on 11 Mar 2003. Source Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence attend a breakfast hosted by the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., on Apr. 26, 2001. Source The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at podium), flanked by U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Congressmen Duncan Hunter (2nd left) (R-Calif.), House Intelligence Committee 16 June 2006. Source U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, second from left, hosts a breakfast for members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., on Apr. 26, 2001. Source Portrait of DoD Ms. Joan A. Dempsey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (Uncovered) 26 Jan 1996. http://www.usgif.org/About_Board_JoanDempsey.aspx Joan Dempsey was elected Vice President at Booz Allen and Hamilton in 2005. Previously, she served two years as the Executive Director of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) having been appointed to that position by President Bush in July 2003. In May 1998, Joan was confirmed by the Senate to serve as the first Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management, a position she held until her appointment to the PFIAB. Source Deborah A. Castleman, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence 23 Jun 1993. Philip Mudd, Associate Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch of the FBI answers a question while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 before the House Intelligence Committee's annual Threat Assessment hearing. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE** Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, speaks in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Dec. 6, 2006 file photo. Reyes says he won't devote energy to revisiting the run-up to the Iraq war. A higher priority for the Texas Democrat will be to figure out how to stabilize Iraq and bring the troops home. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, file) The Regional Operations Intelligence Center of the New Jersey State Police is seen Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, in Ewing, N.J. A cavernous, technologically advanced facility designed to serve as a hub for interagency coordination during terrorist attacks, major crimes or natural disasters. The center, nicknamed "The Rock," is where federal, state and local officials will gather to monitor emergency situations as they unfold. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) A huge "war room" is seen at the opening ceremonies of the Regional Operations Intelligence Center at state police headquarters in Ewing, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. The center, nicknamed "The Rock," is where federal, state and local officials will gather to monitor emergency situations as they unfold. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) France's Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie, right, listens to Martine Monteil, director of France's judicial police, during the inauguration of the new building of the nerve center of France's counter-terrorism fight, in the northwest Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. Alliot-Marie announced a reorganization of the country's intelligence services under a single roof, a move designed in part to enhance the fight against terrorism. Some have referred to the new service as a French version of the FBI, charged with investigating threats to the state, and monitoring other potential troublemakers. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) The new building of the nerve center of France's counter-terrorism fight, is photographed in the northwest Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. France's interior minister announced a reorganization of the country's intelligence services under a single roof Thursday, a move designed in part to enhance the fight against terrorism. Some have referred to the new service as a French version of the FBI, charged with investigating threats to the state, like terrorism, and monitoring other potential troublemakers. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) Source Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, center, and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, right, meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Minister of Defense Mohammed Tantawi and Egyptian Intelligence Director Soliman in Sharm El Sheikh, Egy pt, July 31, 2007. Gates and Rice are in Egypt to discuss regional affairs and the U.S.'s long-term relationship with Egypt. Source The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, poses for a picture with Arthur L. Money, Assistant SECDEF for Command, Control, Communication and Intelligence (C3I), at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Apr. 6, 2001. Source U.S. Army Lt. Col. Council-Ross (center), Intelligence Liaison Officer, U.S. Army Garrison, speaks with Mr. Kruse, Department of Public Works, at the Command Briefing at Fort Buchanan, P.R., on Dec. 29, 2004. (U.S. Army photo by Marcos Orengo) (Released) 29 Dec 2004. Source US Army Chief of Staff General (GEN) Eric K. Shinseki (left) chats with Lieutenant General (Retired) Patrick M. Hughes (right), USA, former Director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency at a reception during the 10th Annual Conference of European Armies 5 Mar 2002. Source Portrait of U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Robert W. Noonan, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Uncovered) 17 Aug 2000. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Kevin P. Meiner ,Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Office of the Secretary of Defense, Command, Control, Communications and Inteligence (C3I) (Uncovered) 14 Aug 2000. Source An interior, right side profile medium shot as Joan Dempsey (Left), director of Central Intelligence for Community management, presents Sue Powers and Gary Powers Jr. the Director of Central Intelligence Award for their husband and father's service at Beale Air Force Base 29 Apr 2000. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Steven A. Cantrell, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight (Uncovered) 21 Jun 1999. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Arthur L. Money, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (Uncovered) 14 Jun 1999. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. David M. Crane, Director, Office of Intelligence Review, Department of Defense, Inspector General (Uncovered) 22 Jan 1999. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. George B. Lotz (Uncovered), Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight 27 Aug 1998. Source RADM Thomas R. Wilson, Director for Intelligence (covered) 19 Apr 1998. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Jeremy C. Clark, Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency(Uncovered) 22 Nov 1996. Source Portrait of U.S. Army Brig. Gen. richard J. Quirk, III, Commander, United States Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca (USAIC&FH) (Uncovered) 10 Oct 1996. Source Portrait of Walter Janko, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight 25 Jul 1996. Source GEN Dennis J. Reimer, Army Chief of Staff (left), assisted by Mrs. Jean Kennedy (right) pins on the major general stars on Claudia J. Kennedy, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, during the promotion ceremony 5 Apr 1996. Source Portrait of DoD Ms. Joan A. Dempsey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (Uncovered) 26 Jan 1996. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Ernest C. Liska(Uncovered), Director Intelligence Resource Office of the Secretary of Defense 17 Aug 1995. Source Portrait of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul E. Menoher Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Securuty Command (Uncovered) 20 Mar 1995. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. John R. ElliffDirector, Counter Intelligence and Security Programs, Office of the Secretary of Defense(Uncovered) 26 Jan 1995. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Daniel W. GrulkeSpecial Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Counter Intelligence and Security Counter Measures)(Uncovered) 6 Jan 1994. Source Mr. Emmett Paige Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence 2 Jul 1993. Source U.S. Secretary of Defense, Richard Cheney (at lectern), makes opening remarks during an Awards Ceremony being held for six DOD Intelligence Experts on Jan. 14, 1993 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Mr. Thomas [sic] Gates (background center), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 14 Jan 1993 Source Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. Thomas [sic] Gates, presents awards to six DOD Intelligence Experts on Jan. 14, 1993 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.  14 Jan 1993. Source Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. Thomas [sic] Gates, presents awards to six DOD Intelligence Experts on Jan. 14, 1993 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 14 Jan 1993. Source Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Mr. Thomas Gates (foreground), presents an award to Intelligence Expert, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Victor E. Renuant, Commander, U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command, on Jan. 14, 1993 at the Pentagon 14 Jan 1993. Source Lt. Gen. Tom Kelly, director of operations for the Joint Staff, listens to a question regarding Operation Desert Storm as Rear Adm. Adm. Mike McConnell, director of intelligence for the Joint Staff, stands by during a press briefing at the Pentagon 31 Jan 1991. Source Portrait U. S. Army Mr. Bennett R. Hart, Deputy Director Army Intelligence Agency(Uncovered) 3 Jul 1990. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Thomas P. Quinn, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) (Uncovered) 31 May 1990. Source Portrait DoD Mr. Richard L. Haver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Policy(Uncovered) 11 Sep 1989. Source Portrait of U.S. Army Mr. James D. Davis, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff/ Intelligence, U.S. Army(Uncovered) 24 Jun 1989 Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Charles W. Roades, Vice Deputy for Attache/Operations, Defence Intelligence Agency (Uncovered) 30 May 1989. Source Portrait of U.S. Army Mr. Edward F. Dandar, Deputy DirectorArmy Intelligence Agency(Uncovered) 6 Oct 1987. Source COL John L. McGillen administers the oath of office as LGEN Sidney T. Weinstein assumes the position as the Army's Chief of Staff for Intelligence. Weinstein's wife, Paula, is assisting in the ceremony taking place at the Pentagon 16 Aug 1985. Source Portrait of DoD Mr. Werner E. Michel, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Intelligence Oversight (Uncovered) 26 Feb 1985. Source Mrs. Betty P. Swift, Assistant Commander Naval Intelligence 4 Feb 1985. Source Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Bruce M. Leonard, Strategic Imagery Intelligence Officer for the Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army, is presented the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Odom 16 Aug 1984. Source Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Roger M. Ryan, Topographic Plans Officer, Office of the Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army, is presented the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Odom 16 Aug 1984. Source LCOL Robert J. Covalucci, tactical intelligence concepts officer, receives the Legion of Merit from MGEN William E. Odom, deputy chief of staff for Intelligence 12 Jun 1982. Source Major General (MGEN) William E. Odom, assistant chief of staff for intelligence, presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (COL) Harry L.F. Ching during the colonel's retirement ceremony at the Pentagon. Looking on is Ching's wife, Sylvia 13 Oct 1983. Source Secretary of Defense Casper W. Weinberger presents Admiral Bobby R. Inman, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, with the Distinguished Service Medal and hosts retirement reception for the Admiral. Attendees include: Mrs. Inman and their two sons, 22 Jun 1982. Source MGEN William E. Odom, deputy chief of staff for Intelligence, presents the Legion of Merit to LCOL Roger E. Miller. Attending the ceremony are LCOL Miller's wife Jeanne and son Douglas, at a ceremony the Pentagon 21 Sep 1982. Source Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, left, congratulates Dr. Albert C. Hall, assistant secretary of defense and director of defense intelligence, after presenting him with the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal 3 Jan 1973. Source Brigadier General Harold G. Glasgow, First Lieutenant Sparks, and the family of Second Lieutenant Richard J. Matteson stand in front of the plaque mounted on the new counter intelligence (CIT) building at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center 30 Sep 1980.