tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322181089745928694.post917482352509975716..comments2023-07-23T04:48:07.317-07:00Comments on Drugs, Guns and Politics in Mexico: CIA Case Officers Attacked - 14 Charged in MexicoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561241843109707483noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322181089745928694.post-24224237517165957042012-11-14T07:05:45.618-08:002012-11-14T07:05:45.618-08:00The CIA is extremely risk-averse. The Benghazi Aff...The CIA is extremely risk-averse. The Benghazi Affair/Scandal/Terrorist Attack simply compounded the internal belief that doing nothing is better than doing something. For example, if the CIA hadn't been there in-country, there would have been no attack on THEIR ANNEX. The attack on the Consulate would seem to be a foregone conclusion since all of the other Missions (The British and the International Red Cross) left because they'd been attacked.<br /><br />The CIA's position in Mexico is somewhat tenuous because they are forced (because of decisions made in Washington) to walk a line wherein MOST of their people simply remain (cowering) in the US Embassy in Mexico City and other US Offices such the Office of Bilateral Implementation, down the street from the Embassy.<br /><br />From a security perspective purely, it puts them in the position where they are forced to almost completely rely on others (co-opted in large part by drug cartels) to feed them information rather than getting it themselves -- because of that fear of disclosure that the CIA is at work in Mexico. There is a gentleman's agreement between themselves and the Mexicans wherein they won't go into or send anyone into the field to collect intelligence. This is why there were so paranoid about sending people to inquire as to the cause of the attack - thus formulating an in-house proactive strategy against seeing it happen yet again.<br /><br />I know that it makes no sense. It's simply how things work in Mexico - and US dysfunction in Mexico is every bit as evident as it is as US dysfunction in Washington DC.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561241843109707483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322181089745928694.post-16923001526269030692012-11-13T19:15:11.685-08:002012-11-13T19:15:11.685-08:00Hmmm. The CIA seems to be showing some cracks of l...Hmmm. The CIA seems to be showing some cracks of late.Velcrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137201079791654873noreply@blogger.com