Criticism Robert Gates

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gates responds question during senate armed services committee hearing on december 5, 2006


as deputy director , director of america s leading intelligence agency many years, gates , cia staff have been faulted failing accurately gauge decline , disintegration of soviet union. more particularly, gates has been criticized allegedly concocting evidence show soviet union stronger was. george shultz said that, while secretary of state, felt cia under gates trying manipulate him, agency big powerful machine not under control. distrust comes out of it. schultz told gates @ time cia wrong moscow, having dismissed gorbachev s policies soviet attempt deceive us. in 1991, stansfield turner, former director of central intelligence, described enormity of failure forecast magnitude of soviet crisis. … never heard suggestion cia … numerous soviets recognized growing systemic economic problem. turner said failure consequence of deliberate distortion in upper echelon of cia helping sell reagan administration s defense buildup, view backed former cia analyst melvin goodman @ gates 1991 confirmation hearings: [william] casey seized on every opportunity exaggerate soviet threat … [while] gates role in activity corrupt process , ethics of intelligence. reviewing third instalment of gates memoirs in 2016, goodman said, in 24 years @ cia, there never kind of toxic atmosphere existed when gates served deputy director intelligence, deputy director of cia, , director of cia. also, according newsweek, gates, deputy director of cia, allegedly vouched comprehensiveness of cia study presented senate , president reagan alleging soviet union played role in 1981 shooting of pope john paul ii. cia internal review later denounced report being skewed, gates did not try influence report s conclusions.


shortly after retirement tenure defense secretary in summer 2011, during meeting of national security council principals committee, gates highlighted many of measures taken u.s. advance israel s security during obama administration, including providing access state of art weaponry, assisting development of missile-defense systems, , sharing high-level intelligence, before expressing view u.s. has received nothing in return israeli government regards peace process. according senior u.s. administration sources, other officials present offered no rebuttal gates analysis. not first time gates publicly expressed frustration netanyahu government, had worked hard provide wide-scale , deep military cooperation. likud party of israel responded gates description of benjamin netanyahu danger israel s future claiming israelis support prime minister.








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