Archbishop's Network of Clerics

Bob Slattery identifies the Archbishop's network of clerics as the most reliable intelligence source outside Bitanga, surpassing sparse U.S. efforts in a small Catholic embassy lacking CIA presence. Clerics gather and relay critical data on the Khundu crisis, including potential thousands of civilian deaths, enabling Bartlet's Oval Office directive for a forced-depletion casualty estimate ahead of peacekeeping decisions.