Gerald Posner: Morale at CIA Lowest It’s Been Since Carter
Morale at the CIA is approaching 30-year lows, six insiders tell The Daily Beast’s Gerald Posner, as spies perceive that Obama and director Leon Panetta hang them out to dry.
Morale at the CIA is the lowest it’s been since the Jimmy Carter administration three decades ago, according to six current and former intelligence officials. These insiders paint a picture of an agency that, after eight years of a broad Bush-era mandate to take the covert lead in the war against terror, now collectively feels the Obama administration unfairly puts them under fire.