Quote by Paul Bremer

If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general in particular in the field of human intelligence.

If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact

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This quote suggests that over the past 25 years, there has been a decline in the intelligence community, specifically in the area of gathering human intelligence. The speaker believes that there has been a progressive deterioration in the effectiveness and capabilities of intelligence agencies to gather information through human sources. This implies a concern about a potential loss of important intelligence in recent times.

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By Paul Bremer

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