According to the New York Times, the CIA is "hobbled" on Iran "intelligence" and the spook and covert subversion agency is "severely handicapped in their efforts to assess its weapons programs and its leaders' "intentions","in other words there is not sufficient emphasis on destroying the country, per the Straussian road map for total war against Islamic society and culture. "Whoever takes the helm of the C.I.A. after the resignation on Friday of Porter J. Goss will confront a critical target with few, if any, American spies on the ground, sketchy communications intercepts and ambiguous satellite images."
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