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by uncle_d 3223 days ago
Sounds like standard .gov operating procedure:

«When possible, refer all matters to committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committee as large as possible — never less than five.»

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Or standard office procedures:

> Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.

> To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions.

And there is also the standard "I want to keep my job move":

> Never pass on your skill and experience to a new or less skillful worker.

A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. Barnett Cocks
I had a thought that this might have been the intelligence community taking a humorous jab at the US government, and also happened to be true. But have no information on if committees were better or worse at that point in history.
That whole chapter reads like SOP of any large corporation in the US today.
I am still holding the opinion that this piece was sarcastic until I get evidence to the contrary. It is way more plausible than the CIA creating something that effective.