On the Dearth of Human Intelligence

Posted on January 24, 2005 by glasscastle

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 – The Pentagon has created battlefield intelligence
units that for the first time have been assigned to work directly with
Special Operations forces on secret counterterrorism missions, tasks
that had been largely the province of the Central Intelligence Agency,
senior Defense Department officials said Sunday.

Wasn’t one of the identifiable problems contributing to 9/11 the duplication of effort by agencies doing the same thing and not communicating with each other? The interagency squabble between CIA and Defense has
been going on since long before the neo-cons got hold of the reins
of power.
What the military has against the CIA, basically, is that they are civilians,
which in addition to leaving them outside the warm glow of warrior male
bonding makes them susceptible to accountability and oversight by that
other most odious caldron of civilian interference – the US Congress.

from the New York Times
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4 Responses to On the Dearth of Human Intelligence

  1. Lisa Williams says:
    January 25, 2005 at 3:35 pm

    Yeah, this is pretty stinky. The fact is, we don’t know anywhere near enough about the brain to be making any pronouncements about the inherent ability of people of either sex in something like math or science. We’re not that far from phrenology, and Summer’s statement is about as logical as dismissing people from seeking tenure by feeling the bumps on their heads.

    My advice to Summers: You’ll Get rid of the social factors — lack of childcare, differential in wages, and sexism in hiring and promotion — before you can make any claims about the shape of anybody’s brain.

  2. Lisa Williams says:
    January 25, 2005 at 3:35 pm

    Yeah, this is pretty stinky. The fact is, we don’t know anywhere near enough about the brain to be making any pronouncements about the inherent ability of people of either sex in something like math or science. We’re not that far from phrenology, and Summer’s statement is about as logical as dismissing people from seeking tenure by feeling the bumps on their heads.

    My advice to Summers: You’ll Get rid of the social factors — lack of childcare, differential in wages, and sexism in hiring and promotion — before you can make any claims about the shape of anybody’s brain.

  3. Lisa Williams says:
    January 25, 2005 at 3:36 pm

    oops. Double click, double comment.

  4. grand-gambler.com says:
    March 31, 2010 at 9:10 pm

    I would like to see the inscription to be continied

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