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Getting Smart: Three steps toward a more intelligent intelligence community.

National Review

| July 29, 2002 | RIEBLING, MARK | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

After spending three months loudly berating the intelligence community about 9/11, Congress has quietly decided to postpone any reforms until September. The most pressing and least settled issues on the national- security agenda will therefore be debated -- and perhaps decided -- on the eve of midterm elections. In that politically charged climate, the temptation for lawmakers to grandstand on intelligence will be great -- probably greater than at any time since the 1970s, when Democratic senator Frank Church of Idaho, looking toward a presidential bid, excoriated and eviscerated the CIA.

This time, however, the political dynamic may redound to the public good. ...

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