Nazis Weren't Timid Either

According to Richard A. Falkenrath (The Right Call on Phone Records), the best qualifier for Hayden to head the CIA is that he's not too timid and bureaucratic to fight the war on terror. That argument in support of the NSA data mining project kind of reminds me of how the Nazis were bold enough to require the Jews to register in order to better understand the internal movements of the "enemy".

Falkengrath goes through a six degrees of separation game with Mohamed Atta to make his point. Say he calls one guy who knows another guy who knows another. That other guy calls another and another, and one of them is a terrorist. I bet that's happened to millions of Americans just by talking with a telemarketer. In fact, any scientist would tell you that finding a terrorist this way is absurd--no matter how bold and independent.

Boldness and independence are not good qualifiers for running important agencies unless that Will to Act is coupled with an intelligence to know what works and what doesn't. Understanding of right and wrong, along with the vetting ideas with, say, the Constitution might be another variable to throw in the mix.