Should there be Accountability at CIA Like in the Military?

Most DCI's prior to G.H.W Bush had some tradecraft, if not in intelliegence collection then in military tactics and strategy. Panetta has a background as a Congressman, Chief of Staff, and Founder of a Think Tank. He has no background or tradecraft in the military or intelligence.



Someone in Congress should ask ';Did anybody at Langley give permission for the Afghan to enter the CIA base in Afghanistan?';



Was this a decision made by field case officers acting independently from Langley?



Were they authorized to make such a decision?



What exactly were the steps taken to vet this particular Afghan before he came in the the CIA base and blew himself up killing 7 case officers?



Was the tradecraft in this case by the book, or was it at variance with the book?



Should Leon Panetta, the DCI on whose watch this occurred by fired for failure to train and ensure compliance with training?



Seems harsh. But in the Navy, if the ship runs into the dock, even if the Captain is asleep in his cabin, he gets fired. It's called accountability.



Without it, nobody in the Federal government would do any part of their jobs. It would be 6 million people asleep at the switch.



Panetta is not an asset to the CIA, even though he is very well connected politically. The DCI has to be skilled in analysis and collection. He does have deputies in those areas, but the DCI sets the tone.



In this case it appears to be a very slackadocious tone.



It looks like Osama Bin Laden's tradecraft is better than ours. He tells a mature suicide bomber to burn a couple of small operations (tell the CIA about them, so the operations get busted). Then when his man is invited to go onto the CIA base, an extremely powerful explosive vest, perfectly fitted so it does not show under an Afghan military uniform is ready to rock and roll. Osama does not have B-2's, and he does not have Predators, but he's had plenty of time to become skilled in spy/counterspy work. He knows how to infiltrate. He was part of driving the Russians out of Afghanistan, and he didn't just do it by shooting stingers. He used intelligence tradecraft.



We need someone with that level of skill to replace Leon Panetta. We do have people like that. Unfortunately none of them have backgrounds as Democrat political hacks or ACORN members.Should there be Accountability at CIA Like in the Military?
To answer the basic question, only very limited accountability, and that is because, unlike the military, the CIA units have to operate independently. Yes they need to run things by headquarters from time to time, but there is also much more intuition involved.Should there be Accountability at CIA Like in the Military?
Yes there should be accountability for the CIA,but one has to ask themself;who will oversee this government agency,The answer,another government agency.
The various CIA forums/websites went that-a-way

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You are asking for accountability, which you will not receive on a public site.



There were lapses in judgment. It happens all the time when humans are involved. We as Americans taught the Afghans how to defend themselves, now they use it against us. We act surprised and angry but they are only following national pride.