so many data, so little knowledge

the spooks resist releasing evidence
that compromises agents in the field
but we're suspicious of intelligence
from source so inclined to wheel and deal
the CIA that libeled Aristide
and threw Allende underneath the bus
is not reliable as a newsfeed
the've zero credibility with us
to use the scoop--they warn-would tip our hand
and might lose assets hard to cultivate
but sovereigns need facts at our command
once votes are cast, the insights come too late
the vast black budget lavished on our spies
is wasted if we can't sift out their lies