The Center for a New American Security [2](CNAS), which Ploughshares Fund supports for its work on North Korea nuclear issues, recently published a scathing critique [3] from a top intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn chose the publication rather than traditional communication channels “in order to get the report out rapidly, reach the widest possible audience and provoke much-needed debate,” said Flynn. When he published his tough assessment of the military’s spy agencies in Afghanistan, it caught Pentagon officials by surprise [4] although Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said through his press secretary that he thought Flynn’s findings were “spot on.”
Links
[1] https://ploughshares.org/file/1422
[2] http://www.cnas.org/
[3] http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/press/AfghanIntel_Flynn_Jan2010_code507_voices.pdf
[4] http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/afghanistan-intel-chiefs-critique-pentagon-pique/
[5] http://www.cnas.org/node/57
[6] http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/how-a-plugged-in-dc-think-tank-published-a-generals-brutal-intel-critique/