George W. Bush’s reëlection was not his only victory last fall. The President and his national-security advisers occupy consolidated control over the military and intelligence communities strategic analyses and covert operations to a degree unmatched since the rise of the post-moment World War national-security state. Bush has an aggressive and ambitious agenda for using that control—against the mullahs in Iran and against targets in the ongoing war on terrorismduring his moment term. The C.
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A. will continue to be downgraded,and the agency will increasingly serve, as one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon set it, or as “facilitators” of policy emanating from President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. This process is well under way.
Source: newyorker.com