He was driven from office by an intelligence bureaucracy and a miffed media that vilified his vigilance as "sick think."
The 9/11 panel warned that this means Congress could only remain "dysfunctional" in keeping watch on the sprawling, secretive intelligence bureaucracy.
He is a survivor of the weapons and intelligence bureaucracy and a competent and engaging political scientist.
He's left the bloated intelligence bureaucracy untouched.
Mr. Bush is seriously considering only one candidate for the daunting task of bringing order and quality to the intelligence bureaucracy.
Mr. Gates's friends say this is part of the price for getting sound, competent leadership in the intelligence bureaucracy.
He believes that the trial may also test whether the nation's expanding secret intelligence bureaucracy is beyond meaningful accountability.
It is deeply embedded in the culture of intelligence bureaucracies to want to keep cutting-edge concepts like stealth satellites secret.
An overhaul of our intelligence bureaucracies is long overdue.
Washington squandered many chances before Sept. 11, 2001, to reform the nation's outdated, encrusted intelligence bureaucracy.