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Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash
Author(s) -
JERVIS ROBERT
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
political science quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1538-165X
pISSN - 0032-3195
DOI - 10.1002/j.1538-165x.2010.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - foreign policy , politics , political science , citation , law
Let me tell you about these intelligence guys. When I was growing up in Texas, we had a cow named Bessie. I'd go out early and milk her. I'd get her in the stanchion, seat myself and squeeze out a pail of fresh milk. One day I'd worked hard and gotten a full pail of milk, but I wasn't paying attention, and old Bessie swung her s[..]t-smeared tail through the bucket of milk. Now, you know that's what these intelligence guys do. You work hard and get a good program or policy going, and they swing a s[..]t-smeared tail through it. —Lyndon Johnson