Perhaps one of the most disappointing revelations about the current intelligence community (I.C.) kerfuffle is the remarkable lack of intelligence in the higher echelons of the intelligence community.  These people have attended charm schools where they have been told they are the crème de la crème.  They believe this.  They should not.  If you overestimate your abilities and underestimate those of your opponent, you will be in for some surprises.  The supposedly dimwitted Donald Trump has run rings around these geniuses in the government and media. One of their biggest mistakes was to rely on the Steele "dossier."  Perhaps as an inside joke, it was classified "Confidential/Sensitive Source."  If one hundred veteran intelligence officers who have seen more than ten thousand classified documents each were polled and asked if they had ever seen such a classification, they would all...(Read Full Post)