Intelligence Analyst Without Intelligence

Michael Scheuer is a former CIA analyst who was in charge of the Bin Laden unit in the late 1990s. It seems the one thing he did not bring to his job was God-given intelligence. Fortunately he left the CIA in 2004; unfortunately, not soon enough.

Yesterday James Taranto had a piece in the Wall Street Journal which highlights once again how 'off the wall' Scheuer really is. He now has Israel and the Jews conspiring to lead the US in the direction they wish them to go. According to him this is a clandestine operation by the Israelis to Hijack the Congress, to say nothing of the Executive branch of the US government.

Is he bonkers, or is he just another anti-Semite looking to blame Israel and the Jews for all the errors he made while with the CIA? Sad that the US relied on the rantings of this fellow to combat Bin Laden. The level of success that was achieved is clearly indicative of his abilities and reliability.