The 1980s CIA and IC failed to see the collapse of the Warsaw Pact...

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Larry J — 11/15/2004 6:26:50 PM (archived)

in 1989 and the Soviet Union a couple years later. It seems that one problem in the IC is groupthink in the search for consensus. Striving for consensus is all well and good except when it results in institutional blinders that can't see outside the box.

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CIA is being purged of liberals - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:40:59 AM
- Should have been done three years ago. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 5:47:44 PM
- Were you as upset when the same thing happened under Clinton 10 years ago? - Larry J - 11/15/2004 5:21:24 PM
  - "Culture of the 1980s." - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:15:01 PM
    - The 1980s CIA and IC failed to see the collapse of the Warsaw Pact... - Larry J - 11/15/2004 6:26:50 PM
      - I didn't either and I lived only 20 km. from the Iron Curtain - Gary - 11/16/2004 7:29:20 AM
      - Good point. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2004 6:29:09 PM
- Perhapsit would be more accurate to think about a very bureaucratic and complacent organization is being shaken up? (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 5:11:36 PM
  - People were abusing their positions at the CIA - Gary - 11/15/2004 5:19:40 PM
    - Exactly right. - ebnelson - 11/15/2004 7:17:12 PM
- Good! They're evil! - Mary Anne - 11/15/2004 11:49:18 AM
  - re: If they leaked classified info during a time of war... - Scott Evil - 11/15/2004 3:05:30 PM
- re: CIA is being purged of liberals - gbaikie - 11/15/2004 8:39:47 AM

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