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Paul Bremer

If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general in particular in the field of human intelligence.

Paul Bremer

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Paul Bremer is saying that over the past 25 years, the overall quality and effectiveness of intelligence agencies have steadily declined. He emphasizes that this decline is especially noticeable in the area of gathering information through human sources.

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