From: jeff 

John Cuccia wrote:
> 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.

I thought a "purge" was when people were fired. Aren't all the
players in this one resigning instead?

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