From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
news:vug9q01vhcqs8dsvjge4fshs5l12bjjlu3{at}4ax.com...
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:01:08 -0800, jeff 
> wrote:
>
>>Steve Ewing wrote:
>>
>>> What does this tell you about George Bush's priorities? Just this: even
>>> though a bipartisan chorus of voices has called for a CIA shakeup ever
>>> since 9/11, Bush did nothing for three long years. The only thing
>>> serious  enough to finally prompt him to take action was a few CIA leaks
>>> that made  him look bad...
>>> =====
>>>
>>
>>That last thing tells me that there is a fair amount of kneejerking on
>>both sides.
>>
>>You want people fired - I want to know WHY it happened and WHY they
>>should be fired for it. Not simply "they failed" but how
they failed,
>>and what they weren't doing that would constitute negligence to the
>>extent that they should be fired.
>
> I also want to know that the shakeup will lead to objective analyses
> being presented for consideration, and that the aim of the purge is
> not to make sure that intelligence estimates are tailored to provide
> support for pre-determined administration policies.  Goss's contention
> that the CIA should "support" administration policies is wrong.

Depends on what he means by 'support'. If he means not undermining the
policies by leaking selective information I'll agree with him, If he means
blinding cooking the books to find information to 'support' the polices
then he  shouldn't be there.

Bob Lewis

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