Planning Future Vietnam Wars 94 The book, Intervention: the use of american military force in post-cold war world by Richard n. Haass, reviewed by ltc demarest, foreign military studies Office, fort leavenworth, kansas. Haass implies us military must be able to Respond constantly and simultaneously to a long gamut of missions and that Its role in post-cold war world is intervention. Haass summarizes many Recent us interventions and proposes a list of types that includes Deterrence, preventive attacks, compellence, punitive attacks, Peacekeeping, peacemaking, warfighting, nationbuilding, interdiction, Humanitarian assistance, rescue and indirect use of force. His presentation When, where, why and how to intervene is even-tempered, undogmatic and Nonpartisan. Question of whether u.s. Has a right to intervene is finessed Behind assertion that us isolationism is no longer possible. "Popular and Congressional support are desirable but not necessary." weinberger's says, "Before the u.s. Commits combat forces abroad, there must be some Reasonable assurance we will have support of the american people and their Elected reps in congress." haass states, that "there is declining popular And congressional support for military interventions. Proper response is Not to bow to this mood but to take it into account. Sustaining Interventions will require substantial political effort from the most Senior levels of gvt." "to draw a direct connection or parallel between the Importance of an interest and a willingness to intervene on its behalf Would be wrong." he does not say national interest is irrelevant but Recommends making decisions to intervene depend even more on the personal Criteria and judgment of a foreign policy elite. Haass implies that u.s. Can provide effective nation assistance, ought to provide nation assistance And can do it with military forces. If you like interventions, you will Love intervention. The use of american military force in the post-cold war World by richard n. Haass. 258 pages. A carnegie endowment book, Distributed by the brookings institute, washington, dc. 1994 Richard N. Haass, the author of the book, Intervention: The Use of American Military Force in the Post-Cold War World, is also the principal author of a study on the future of U.S. Intel published by the Council on Foreign Relations, has op-eds in both the 2/15/96 issues of the Washington Post and the Washington Times. The Post's op-ed is entitled "Don't Hobble Intelligence Gathering." In the article, Haass argues to abolish restraints on the CIA. He ignores the CIA's egregious intelligence failures and inabilities, the multi-year counterintelligence failure of the Aldrich Ames betrayal, the distribution of intelligence from known Soviet double agents that caused "incalculable" harm to the U.S.; and, the severe domestic and international impact caused by CIA covert operations. Haass argues for allowing the intelligence community to use the cover of the press, the clergy and the Peace Corps. He decries rules that discourage preemptive attacks on terrorists or support for individuals of unsavory reputation. He asks that orders prohibiting conspiring to engage in assassinations be repealed. Haass as the spokesperson for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), has immense influence derived from that organization. The CFR is at the apex of the corporate, academic, foundation, government structure and John Deutch, the current CIA Director is a member of the CFR as has been most CIA directors. CIA officers regularly brief CFR meetings that are more secret than even the Agency's own sessions. Most top officials in every presidential administration at least since the end of World War II have been members of the CFR as are many members of House of Representatives and the Senate. Ralph McGehee CIABASE The CIA's Phoenix Rises I am no longer surprised by the CIA's ability to arise anew like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes of its own disasters. The release of the report of the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community and the earlier release of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) report, "Making Intelligence Smarter," graphically demonstrates this phenomenon. The CIA arises anew and strengthened after each disaster because it is the covert action arm of corporate America, not an intelligence Agency. The Multinationals since World War Two have been building a world order and use the CIA as a tool for maintaining the hegemony of the United States and the transnational elite. This is its purpose and its "intelligence" is only an excuse for its covert operations. Now comes the two investigations of the CIA and the conclusions of both -- ignoring the numerous massive problems of the CIA -- argue for expanding the power of the Agency. Could we expect anything different? I do not yet have the complete "Roles" report but newspaper articles say it recommends: maintaining the capacity to conduct covert operations; striping the Pentagon of its authority to recruit spies and transferring it to the CIA; and, giving DCI Deutch more power. The earlier CFR report called for allowing the CIA to use the media, clergy and the Peace Corps for cover and to re-empower the Agency to conduct operations that might involve assassinations of foreign leaders. The United States is in a unique position of power in the political realities of the day and has three main weapons for dealing with recalcitrant regimes: the National Endowment for Democracy (NED); the military; and, the CIA. NED operates fairly openly after assuming the more benign political action operations of the CIA in 1983. The Military is available for a supermarket variety of interventions as outlined in the book by the CFR's Richard N. Haass, "Intervention: The Use of American Military Force in the Post-Cold War World." And, of course, the covert operations of the CIA. Richard N. Haass was also project director for the CFR's report on the future of U.S. Intelligence, as well as the author of "Intervention." The CFR is at the apex of corporate, government, media and foundation power and has tremendous influence on the direction of U.S. policy. After the release of the CFR's report, "Making Intelligence Smarter," Haass began a domestic psyops campaign to sell its conclusions and appeared on Frontline, testified before Congress, ran op-eds on the same day in both the Washington Post and the Washington Times, and is involved with the New York Times. Why my protest. I was in the CIA for 25 years and saw the terrible deficiencies of its intelligence. While we fought in Vietnam the CIA dissembled and kept us in the war until the evacuation from the roof of the U.S. Embassy. The Vietnam war is only one of the major disasters inflicted on the U.S. and other countries by the CIA. Policymakers assume or feign to assume that Agency intelligence "tells it like it is" but instead it serves to promote policies it is charged with implementing. Occasionally our leaders need valid intelligence only to discover the total inadequacy of its information. What can we estimate about its current intelligence on terrorism, drug trafficking, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction? These targets are mostly excuses and justifications for continuation of the covert operations of the CIA. We cannot blame the CIA's personnel for its problems. The CIA recruits its officers because they are (psychologically tested) to be extroverted, team players with rigid mentalities. This is essential in order that they not be able to discern the truth about their own organization. But this built-in inability impacts on real intelligence needs. Even DCI John Deutch, commented on this and said his operations officers were unable to provide solutions for problems and were less flexible than the military. The future sees the CIA, NED and the military involved around the world. NED operates in over sixty countries and the CIA undoubtedly piggybacks on many of those operations. Overthrowing the Chinese government has been an obsession of the CIA since the beginning. Operations to overthrow the Vietnam government been conducted since the end of the war. NED is heavily involved in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- can the CIA or military be far away? The Middle East presents many opportunities for intervention, as does Latin America and Africa. With the re-invigoration of the CIA, all three of these weapons are ready for action. Watch out world. Ralph McGehee IC21 -- THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, ET AL. The Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Larry Combest's study of the intelligence community was released a few days ago and produces few surprises. The study named: IC21 - THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY, for the most part suggests transferring a few responsibilities and ignores the problems of the CIA that generated the study. This is not unique. All of the rash of studies following the Aldrich Ames betrayal, and later disclosures that the CIA disseminated intelligence from known KGB double agents, and revelations that CIA assets participated in the deaths of others, have similarly ignored the deficiencies of the CIA and recommended increasing the power of the Agency. Larry Combest's study recognizes one of the problems of an Agency that implements policy and reports intelligence on that policy. His solution on the other hand is precious -- separate the Directorate of Operations (DO) from the CIA and place it under the direct control of the Director, John Deutch, (this has been the de facto status of the DO since the beginning). But to break the link between analysis/intelligence and operations, he recommends housing the reoriented DO in CIA's Headquarters -- where it has always been. All of the post Ames reviews: the Council on Foreign Relations oxymoronically named study, "Making Intelligence Smarter" (for the 21st Century); the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community's study: "Preparing for the 21st Century;" the 1994-1995 study by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University on "American Intelligence for the Twenty-first Century" -- all opt for a stronger CIA led by a Director of Central Intelligence who has real authority over the entire intelligence community. (This recommendation has been around since at least the Eisenhower Presidency). Not surprisingly the participants in all of the "studies" came from hard-liners many of whom are veterans of the intelligence community. None apparently drew guidance from reputable dissidents. Many of the participants were involved in more than one of the studies and the studies all reach the same conclusion -- give more power to the CIA. These studies focus on intelligence capabilities -- this is stressed over and over again. The Orwellian newspeak of the studies hides the real purpose of the CIA -- covert operations. The last study, not yet released, is being prepared by the Senator Arlen Specter's Senate Intelligence Committee -- we should not anticipate any major revelations or recommendations. All of these exercises in public relations were generated to "allow for a cooling off period," not to affect change. To convey some idea of the extent of the problems of the CIA -- included below are segments of an earlier posting. Ralph McGehee Council Review of U.S. Covert Operations Equals no Reform We can expect to see the recommendations of the Council On Foreign Relations re increasing CIA covert actions to be adopted. The CFR was the sponsor of the creation of the CIA and its empowering National Security Act of 1947. CFR members have had leadership positions in every administration since the end of WWII. The various other reviews of CIA operations currently underway will either come to similar conclusions to those of the CFR Task Force or will be ignored. Listed below are a few entries from CIABASE re the Council (and its related Trilateral Commission). Ralph McGehee CIABASE