Saturday, February 12, 2011
Intelligence Community Having Trouble Determining What Will Happen Next In The Middle East
Protests across the Middle East have claimed two autocrats, one in Tunisia and one in Egypt.
The question U.S. intelligence officials are now asking themselves is: Who's next?
Though the White House hailed as "pivotal" Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision Friday to resign and transfer power, the historic moment raises immediate concerns about stability in the rest of the region.
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My Comment: The CIA has a lousy history when it comes to determining events let alone where the next revolution will come from. What is my take .... there is a lot of good commentary on the failures of the CIA in predicting recent events, but Spencer Ackerman at the Danger Room really puts the fork into them.
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