Prying open the CIA’s X-Files
James Woolsey
Leon
Panetta in his upcoming position as Director of Central Intelligence is
expected to be more than just a dependable ally for President-Elect
Obama in the tough world of national intelligence. As the former
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993-1994) and Chief
of Staff to President Clinton (1994-1997), Panetta brings much
executive office experience and mental toughness. He will need all that
and more to force the CIA to disclose its X-Files on UFOs and
extraterrestrial life.
The
last time a democratic administration recruited an outsider to head the
CIA and pry open its secrets resulted in dismal failure. James
Woolsey lacked the experience and mental toughness to get the CIA to
release its X-Files. Woolsey admitted privately that he had approached
the CIA to reveal its secret files on UFOs but was denied access. Woolsey said:
"You know, they are treating me like a bag-man, that goes up to Capitol
Hill, gets their 30 billion dollars for the intelligence community, and
brings it back. You know I really don’t know anything that’s going on
that’s sensitive."
Woolsey’s CIA subordinates refused to give him
access to UFO information and used many forms of subterfuge to
frustrate his efforts. According to one senior national security official,
Woolsey “was too trusting, and that made him easy prey. He wasn’t ready
for people lying to him when he was loyal to them." Woolsey ultimately
failed in getting the CIA to reveal anything more than a sanitized
report of public sightings of UFOs released in 1996 that was titled:
the "CIA’s Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-1990."
Panetta’s
stint as Clinton’s Chief of Staff indicates that he has the mental
toughness to take on a vast intelligence bureaucracy that is skilled in
deception, and denying ‘intelligence outsiders’ access to the CIA’s
X-Files. Panetta will need to identify key subordinates in the
CIA who have the keys to the CIA’s X-Files. Career officers like
Stephen Kappes a 27 year agency veteran who became Deputy Director for
Operations in 2004, and is currently Deputy Director of the CIA, will
undoubtedly have access. Kappes will need to be pressured by Panetta to
turn over the keys and disclose what he knows.
A major challenge
for Panetta and Obama will be the support for Kappes from Senator Diane
Feinstein, the incoming Chair for the Senate Select Committee for
Intelligence. Feinstein’s initial support for Kappes promotion to CIA Director suggests that she will be a major Congressional backer of intelligence insiders.
As
someone who grew up as a Haoli (Hawaiian term for ‘outsider’) in
Honolulu, President Elect Obama understands the need for confronting
those within the CIA that wish to deny access to ‘Haolis’ appointed to
the CIA. Obama has done very well to appoint an individual with the
necessary mental toughness to be the CIA Director and confront the CIA
bureaucracy. Panetta is not going to be satisfied in merely being the
CIA’s bag man to the U.S. Congress.
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