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Requiring the CIA or any other gestapo organization of the US government to follow the Army Field Manual is a bad idea. Why? Because it is a (relatively) simple thing for the Pentagon to change the manual or add a "classified" addendum. Instead of simply requiring the obeying of the Field Manual, they should spell out what the Field Manual says NOW without any secret shit added onto it, without any changes, and hold them ALL to that standard so that nothing in the Field Manual CAN change or be modified.