C.I.A during the Biden era: three strategic mistakes
Less than a year from the end of the term of President Joe Biden, whose current indicators confirm that his chances of winning a second term in the next presidential elections are diminishing, which means his departure with his management team and all leaders . The eighteen intelligence agencies, according to the known traditions of the American political system which require when... The inauguration of a new president of the country involves the selection of a new team to work with him throughout its mandate.
This is why that two and a half years are enough to evaluate the work of the (CIA).This ancient and terrifying intelligence apparatus at the same time, with its extremely enormous financial budget and its unlimited capacities at the technological, technical, human, computer and electronic levels, and its great penetration into the workings of decision-making sources in Africa and the foreign governments, global institutions and bodies influencing international politics…etc.
Despite the availability by the CIA of all these moral weapons, capabilities and various tools, which allowed it to succeed for many decades in maintaining its stable position in first place and sometimes in second place in the annual ranking of the ten intelligence agencies most powerful in the world.
However, all this did not at all exempt him from making numerous strategic and intelligence errors during Joe Biden's term.
In this exclusive report, we will highlight the three most important strategic mistakes:
1) A diplomat at the head of the CIA... a scene miscalculation:
No one objects to William Burns' unusually busy diplomatic career, spanning nearly thirty-three years, during which he held numerous positions within the foreign policy system of the United States of America, notably the post of ambassador to Jordan between 1998 and 2001 and Russia between 2005 and 2008, but the parties which convinced Joe Biden of the need to appoint a diplomatic figure at the head of American intelligence made an error in timing and have not well prepared a global agreement, proactive reading of the international situation that emerged three years after the inauguration of Joe Biden and what the world experienced during this period of rapid international events and geopolitical developments in several strategic regions . a personality from the corridors of American intelligence capable of handling thorny issues with an intelligence sense, hardly suited to diplomatic communication, who has proven his failure and ineffectiveness in several sensitive issues with a security dimension. She didn't succeed. Burns, Director of the CIA, seeks to achieve points or objectives, so to speak, that serve the strategic interests of the United States of America.
2) The loss of the Chinese file against the backdrop of the Russo-Ukrainian war:
Did CIA Director William Burns lack a sixth sense or insight when he appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee when approving the decision to appoint him as director of the CIA? CIA under the March 18, 2021 program?
His work, which he defined into four main priorities, including "people, technology, partnership and China", only to discover less than a year after taking office that the event of the Russo-Ukrainian war would be a worrying and unexpected element in the future. America, because of which the focus was lost on the China issue, which its communist president exploited. Xi Jinping is America's concern over developments in the war in Ukraine in order to implement his expansionist agenda with economic and trade dimensions in strategic locations in the West. Africa, Middle East, Asia and the Mediterranean region, before the dragon arrived two days ago in the Red Sea, where this affair caused an electronic clash this morning between the Chinese and American navies.
3) Intelligence failure in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia:
William Burns, director of the CIA, enjoys the praise of lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties, but the American withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021, and the rise of the Taliban to power, raised many questions about whether American intelligence failed to assess the situation with high accuracy, as it The intelligence information provided to Joe Biden showed that the Taliban’s seizure of power would take between a few months and two years before the US intelligence community and the US administration would be surprised by the fall of Kabul within exactly three days on August 15, 2021.
Do not expect to achieve positive results when you go to negotiate with a country while you are wearing a diplomatic hat on your head and do not have pressure papers. This is exactly what happened to CIA Director William Burns, when he met in Riyadh on two occasions with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The first meeting took place in mid-April 2022, where the CIA Director, on behalf of the White House, appealed to Mohammed bin Salman to increase oil production after a sharp rise in gas prices in American markets in exchange for providing American military support in its war against the Houthis in Yemen, stopping the acquisition of Chinese weapons, and reducing Military cooperation with China and the immediate release of his uncle, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the former Crown Prince.
The second meeting took place in the first week of April 2023, where William Burns expressed to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Washington’s shock at the Saudi-Iranian agreement that was announced on March 10 of this year under the auspices of China.
During the two meetings together, the CIA director came away empty-handed. Saudi Arabia did not agree to increase oil production, did not back down from developing military cooperation with China, did not fulfill William Burns’ request to release Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and did not take into account the CIA’s discomfort with restoring diplomatic relations with Iran.