Word: bureaucratice
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In fact, though, the U.S. military has very secretly been developing an unconventional capability for eight years. In the wake of the disastrous 1980 hostage rescue attempt in Iran, the Pentagon established the closest thing the nation has ever had to a secret army. These clandestine operations and intelligence units...
But the new units were hampered from the start by bureaucratic feuding between supporters of the secret units and military traditionalists, and between the intelligence and operations sections within this secret army. Operating under loose guidelines, the secret units also proved difficult to control. One got involved in an unauthorized...
Both ISA and the special operations group quickly got into trouble over questions of accountability. ISA, indeed, had to fight for its bureaucratic life almost from the moment of its creation. In mid-1981, James ("Bo") Gritz, a retired Green Beret colonel, planned to lead a small group of Americans...
Bureaucratic bumbling and feuding hinder the effectiveness of exotically named units with high- tech equipment, raising again an old dilemma: How can the U. S. prepare for unconventional war while maintaining democratic control of the military? -- Did pilot oversight cause the Detroit air crash? A mystery deepens. -- In Colorado, convicts...
After the Iran arms sales and the diversion of profits to the contras erupted in a public explosion last November, the bureaucratic double dealing still did not stop. Reagan ordered the State Department to take full charge of any future relations with Iran. Casey and Under Secretary of State Michael...