“In a report to Congress sent March 19, 1999, [leader of a commission on ballistic missile threats Donald] Rumsfeld…said the problems within the intelligence community were due to ‘budget cuts, isolation, excessive turnover, a decline in scientific and engineering competence, a highly-charged political atmosphere, foreign penetration of the intelligence community, and stovepiping of functions and information.’ ”
– Bill Gertz, Breakdown, Page 76