-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave -----Original Message----- From: Cloaks-and-Daggers Open Discussion of Intelligence (Academic) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Macartney Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 9:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CIA Rebuttal The CIA, in conjunction with the Bush School at Texas A&M, held a conference last month in College Station, "US Intelligence and the End of the Cold War." http://www.apbnews.com/cjprofessionals/behindthebadge/1999/11/23/spooks1123_ 01.html Simultaneously, the agency released a 378-page volume of 24 newly declassified documents that, officials claimed, showed the CIA did far better than its critics have said in anticipating the Soviet Union's demise in 1991. Mel Goodman, who is a former CIA Soviet analyst now a professor at the National War College and a frequent and rather caustic critic of CIA, has an op-ed piece in the Washington Post (12/19) that takes issue with the conference and its theme that the "CIA got it right." According to Dr Goodman, "At best, this is an exercise in self-deception. As one of the agency's Soviet analysts during the 1980s, I had a front-row seat from which to view our performance; if I had been invited to give my assessment at the Texas A&M conference, I would have offered a far more dismal--but, I believe, far more accurate--evaluation of how we did. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-12/19/107l-121999-idx.html http://intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue320/item7249.asp DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
