Another one bites the dust. DIA Director out

[Snaquebite]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...93b_story.html

By Greg Miller and Adam Goldman, Wednesday, April 30, 3:36 PM E-mail the writers

The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency is being pushed out of the job after a series of clashes over his leadership at an agency that is under pressure to shift focus following more than a decade of war, current and former U.S. officials said.

Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn is expected to announce Wednesday that he is leaving his job as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency more than a year before he was scheduled to depart, according to officials who said that Flynn faced mounting pressure from Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. and others in recent months.

“His vision in DIA was seen as disruptive; he’s not a guy to take the agency forward in a coordinated and comprehensive manner,” said a former Pentagon official who worked closely with Flynn.

Flynn wanted to push DIA analysts and operators “up and out of their cubicles into the field to support war fighters or high-intensity operations,” the former official said. “I’m not sure DIA sees itself as that.”

[Snaquebite]

I forgot I had this in my files. Interesting read
"Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan"
AfghanIntel_Flynn_Jan2010_code507_voices.pdf

[Trapper John]

Wow! Great post SGM! one of my favorite excerpts is "The tendency to overemphasize detailed information about the enemy at the expense of the political, economic, and cultural environment that supports it becomes even more pronounced at the brigade and Regional Command levels."

Holy Back to future Batman! I swear John Paul Vann said almost exactly that same thing 50+ years ago.

Once again the true visionaries are stepped on, swept up, and dumped by the champions of the status quo. Stupid M'Fers - this kinda shit just really pisses me off and I start to lose it!

Trapper John <out> (Before I start ranting)

[Snaquebite]

I first met Flynn when he was the G2 at 18 Abn Corps. He was great to work with and kept the Corps in line when it came to the use if SF and the intel they could obtain by plugging in to the SO intel structure. I was impressed and he made my job as the SOCOORD G-3 SGM a helluva lot easier.