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...undermines U.S. intelligence sources and methods, and can put the lives of our spies in danger. While the FBI is in charge of tracking down the leakers, Perry ordered Pentagon managers to be sure that classified documents are handled strictly by the book. He also asked CIA Director John Deutch and other highly placed members of the intelligence community to review their procedures for distribution of classified materials, in order to reduce access to them. "Here we go again," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "No administration ever learns that you cannot find leakers. Out of sheer frustration, they bring...
...undermines U.S. intelligence sources and methods, and can put the lives of our spies in danger. While the FBI is in charge of tracking down the leakers, Perry ordered Pentagon managers to be sure that classified documents are handled strictly by the book. He also asked CIA Director John Deutch and other highly placed members of the intelligence community to review their procedures for distribution of classified materials, in order to reduce access to them. "Here we go again," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "No administration ever learns that you cannot find leakers. Out of sheer frustration, they bring...
Last week CIA Director John Deutch finally did take responsibility, realizing that the revelations could endanger operations being run today. Foreign spies might now be far less willing to take risks for the CIA if the agency got a reputation for not paying its bills. "The CIA feels very deeply that it must take care of the people who work for it," CIA general counsel Jeffrey Smith told Time. White House aides quickly cobbled together an amendment that calls for the commandos to be paid; it will be attached to the defense appropriations bill now before Congress. For about...
...spies were enraged even more by a New York Times Magazine article last December in which Deutch said they were "not as competent" as military officers he had left behind at the Pentagon. An agency division chief immediately fired off a cable to stations overseas telling them to ignore the director's slap. Deutch says he regrets the statement and has cut back on interviews...
There is deep anxiety at Langley that Deutch's grab for power is designed to advance his own career. The rumor circulating in Langley is that his secret game plan is to take over the Defense Department if Clinton wins a second term and if Perry resigns to return to private life. Deutch's senior aides insist that for now, his power is the spies' best friend. "At the end of the day, are we better off with John Deutch at the CIA?" asks his deputy Tenet. "The answer is yes." Considering how low the agency has sunk, what...