Blackfive's site has a terrific article on the mess that the release of our secret programs has made of our efforts in the War on Terror. Otherwise known as the war against Islam's penchant for attacking just about anyone near them.

My question is, exactly where the hell is our National Counter Intelligence Agency? This is exactly the sort damage to National Security these guys are supposed to exist to prevent. According to prior prosecutions of Espionage whether the spying was done for a foreign government or not is irrelevant it is still against the law. Obviously this makes perfect sense on a number of different levels. At the top is the commonsense observation that any information given out and published by our MSM would go straight to our enemy. Not far below is the idea that any programs exposed are much less useful as tools to expose our enemy's plots and plans. This directly exposes the common citizens to danger that might have been prevented had our programs remained top secret.

The last prosecution of individuals accused of domestic spying resulted in the Appeals court saying this: that the law applied to anyone who transmits national-defense information to any person not entitled to receive it. The Espionage Act, the court made clear, is not limited to spies or agents of a foreign government, and contains no exemption in favor of one who leaks to the press. (Courtesy of Commentary Article)

Its been common knowledge that our intelligence agencies have been crippled since the Frank Church. Our nations natural disinclination towards spying aided and abetted a thorough dismantling of our ability to thwart enemies covertly by a Congressman with Presidential aspirations. But on top of that grievous error lies a much deeper problem which is our apparently inability to discover spies in our midst.

The little good our Intelligence agencies can accomplish is completely washed away if we cannot be sure that those providing the information are loyal to the United States. The National Counter Intelligence Agency is the primary department for insuring that it is not some foreign government acting through double agents inside of our own Intelligence agencies furnishing us with information. If they cannot perform that essential act then all intelligence provided by any department must be suspect. While we may not be able to judge its performance regarding those sorts of highly classified results we can ask the logical question. If they are not able to catch those in our government who are leaking material to the New York Times, exactly how effective are they in catching those nefarious individuals who are infiltrating our agencies with the intent on disseminating disinformation?

So I ask again where the hell are our counter intelligence agents?
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