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US spies are wasting billions, inquiry says ============================ By David Rennie in Washington (Filed: 18/07/2002) DAILY TELEGRAPH Spending billions of dollars more on espionage will not make any difference to America's ability to defend itself unless there is a revolutionary shift in intelligence thinking, a congressional inquiry concluded yesterday. The terrorism sub-committee of the house intelligence committee severely criticised the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency after an investigation of the September 11 attacks. It said America's spies are woefully ignorant of foreign languages, rely too heavily on intelligence from other countries, and spend too much time in their offices rather than on the streets. The report said the CIA closed or mothballed foreign stations throughout the 1990s and the basic work of the spy - collecting information from agents and informers - was neglected. America needs to maintain its own networks of agents, and stop relying so much on foreign partners who "may have different interests", the committee said. The report called for rules requiring the CIA to vet potential sources for criminal behaviour or human rights abuses to be scrapped. . A senior FBI official said yesterday he believes that Osama bin Laden is dead. But Dale Watson, the head of counter-terrorism, could not provide evidence to support his claim. --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
