The CIA has a lot on its plate these days, mainly a global war on terror…oops, I mean “ongoing military operations throughout the world.” Besides detecting terror plots, the agency must also provide policy makers with accurate and timely information on threats to proliferation, i.e. Iran, North Korea, Russia, etc. Add to that the ever increasing threat from China, and now, courtesy of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the director of Central Intelligence is also required to: