Hitz wasn’t troubled by the attempts to “humanize” the CIA. What concerned him was the pervasive attitude that it wasn’t much different from any other government agency.
On the one hand, when you work in this business, you have a whole different attitude about the nature of the job. Do you work for your Uncle? Sure, but you’re not some goll-dang paper pusher at DOT for crying out loud …
… yet you see evidence to the contrary if you look closely enough. It is a bureaucracy after all, and as I have pointed out before (channel Dr. Peter), the bureaucrat doesn’t derive any benefit from being original or thoughtful or displaying leadership.
You can flood the zone with stories about how you’re changing, but until “not doing things the way it has always been done” is a rated bullet on everyone’s eval, this is going to be slow, painful going. Have fun storming the castle …
