The formation of a bureaucratic
superstructure for national intelligence will put in motion a perverse organism.
The significance lies not in the figurehead or even the process for the
selection, but rests in the birthing of a Medusa. Little wisdom comes out of
this modern daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaia (Earth) and
Okeanos (Ocean). This ugly creature will use the charms of seduction –
national security – but will end up spreading a den of snakes. The
globe will be her playpen and the seas will be her lake. No one or no place will
fall outside her watch. She will run her hydra network through all those
underling heads, but in the end her advice will revival that of Eve. The mother
of all evil won’t be a gender bias for any director will impose paternity over
the stream of information. The children of this fraudulent union will bear the
price from her wrath. Overseas enemies will feel the force of her boot. And the
only creature to resist her might may well be those who run under the radar
screen.
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