CSIS has shown its flexibility, and already has extraordinary powers. Any increase in them must be very carefully scrutinized; after all, we are not Russia or North Korea.
As we have just come through the Christmas season, it is worth citing a book and film classic that is all about change. In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge realizes by the end of the movie that he can in effect become a new man, despite his age and long record of being nasty to just about everything. On the other hand, his old boss, Fezziwig, cannot make the necessary adjustments to a new economic reality and consequently his business fails (Scrooge ends up buying it). Read More