American military intelligence gathering is `` ignorant of local economics and landowners , hazy about who the powerbrokers are and how they might be influenced , incurious about the correlations between various development projects and levels of cooperation among villagers , and disengaged from people in the best position to find answers , '' Flynn wrote . Spies focus on enemy groups , not on learning Afghanistan 's culture , CIA officer says . Report comes week after seven intel officers killed by double agent . Spokesman : Gen. Greg Smith , top commander in Khost Province , backs the report .
Spies focus on enemy groups , not on learning Afghanistan 's culture , CIA officer says . Report comes week after seven intel officers killed by double agent . Spokesman : Gen. Greg Smith , top commander in Khost Province , backs the report .