article_snippet: Critics of a blended approach have raised concerns that combining analysts with operators could compromise the objectivity of the analysts, who are tasked with coldly interpreting intelligence in which they have no stake.
article_snippet: It may be harder for an analyst to cast doubt on a source recruited by a case officer he knows personally, the theory goes.
article_snippet: The reorganization is already drawing fire from some quarters.
article_snippet: Paul Pillar, a former CIA analyst who famously dissented from the case for war in Iraq, expressed concern that the costs of the changes would outweigh the benefits. '
article_snippet: I worry that this plan may be another instance of the all-too-common pattern, among senior managers in both governmental and private sector organizations, to try to leave a personal mark by reorganizing the place,' Brennan said in an email.