Shift in Spying Money to Agents From Satellites Is Sought

Notice the part in the middle

• “the growth of satellite systems was also driven by the revelation during the 1970’s and 80’s of abuses and other unsavory actions on the part of Central Intelligence Agency case officers.” *

Sounds like a “curveball” to me.

This is probably a delayed reaction to the types of images that contradicted the the “Iraqi” bulid-up on the border of Saudi Arabi in Gulf I.

Did I see Negroponte’s name mentioned?

WASHINGTON, June 14

Arguing that satellites are consuming too much of the intelligence budget, the House Intelligence Committee is proposing a major shift of financing away from costly space-based spying to bolster the ranks of agents and analysts.

While details and dollar amounts of the cuts to satellite programs are classified, the committee said in a report that the spending recommendations it is sending to the House floor would “significantly reposition funding from technical programs to human intelligence and analysis.”

The report, attached to the intelligence reauthorization bill, said the administration’s budget request is “weighted far too heavily toward expensive technical systems.” The committee called for eliminating “redundant or unjustified technical collection systems” while increasing investment in human intelligence.

The committee said it was proposing more spending on training and infrastructure to support spies, as well as increasing efforts to recruit and train linguists skilled in Arabic, Chinese, Pashto, Urdu and other languages.

“We’re out of balance,” Representative Peter Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said in an interview. “Technical intelligence is very expensive and it can be very, very helpful. But we felt we had overlapping and duplicative technical programs, and we believe we’re coming up short on humint,...

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