Quoted in the New York Times, 7 Jan 2010

Obama Details New Policies in Response to Terror Threat,” by Jeff Zeleny and Helene Cooper, New York Times (1/7/2010)

“You can’t ask analysts to think faster,” said Mark M. Lowenthal, who was the C.I.A.’s assistant director for analysis from 2002 to 2005. “And the president’s solution to have analysts share more information sooner is only going to exacerbate the problem that got us into this flap in the first place.”