A highly classified intelligence report produced for the new director of national intelligence concludes that U.S. spy agencies failed to recognize several key military developments in China in the past decade, The Washington Times has learned.
The report was created by several current and former intelligence officials and concludes that U.S. agencies missed more than a dozen Chinese military developments, according to officials familiar with the report.
The report blames excessive secrecy on China’s part for the failures, but critics say intelligence specialists are to blame for playing down or dismissing evidence of growing Chinese military capabilities.
“Excessive secrecy” on China’s part? Given that this “highly classified” report was leaked, it seems like we could learn from them. . . .
And the intelligence community keeps missing big developments, doesn’t it?
UPDATE: More here.