When violence flared again recently in eastern Congo, it was caught flat-footed, lacking intelligence and barely able to defend itself, let alone protect civilians.That is supposed to be changing.
The act that precipitated the gulf conflict was Mr. Hussein's August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, an attack that caught the White House flat-footed despite intelligence warning of the Iraqis' military preparations.
"Mike & Molly," "2 Broke Girls" and "Mom" were all up a bit week-to-week in the key demo, while the new, low-rated "Intelligence" was flat with last week at a 1.2.
Unfortunately, Brunner took her "advice" seriously, left the flat and escaped before Israeli intelligence could go into action.
Whole buildings were pancaked flat, including those of the intelligence apparatus, barracks for military or security services, a jail -- which in more cooperative days held Islamic militants opposed to any cooperation with Israel under the now widely discredited Oslo agreements -- and even the offices of the local governor, Abu Fares.
Earlier this month, five intelligence officers raided her flat and asked her to leave.
His is the bearing of the vigilant listener, of the intelligence agent…His gaze is flat, even dead.
Our suspicions were later confirmed – the flat was owned by MI5, and housed intelligence officers who kept an eye on the Reds over the road.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the new chairman of the Intelligence Committee, told me, "There's no vote that I regret more than the vote to authorize war with Iraq"; her vote was based on intelligence that she describes as "flat wrong".
