The PM side of the house was nearly eradicated amidst the rampant kumbayism that struck the world post-Fall of the Wall and the break-up of the former USSR. The thinking of the time was that ELINT and PHOTINT would fulfill our PIR/SIR/OIR needs and HUMINT (including the PM side) would be a thing of the past.
I guess the thinking was wrong. 
Could it mean an expanded PM role in COIN ops in the future?
And so it goes...
Richard 
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