From: "Robert G Lewis" 

"Mark"  wrote in message
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>
> "John Cuccia"  wrote: The problem
is that the
> intelligence they've been gathering doesn't,
>> in general, support the aims of the Bush Administration, so they're
>> being purged.  Before long W's whole reality will be a mirror.
>
> Your position is very puzzling to me John.
>
> Here we had the CIA run by Tenet, his people found that there were WMD in
> Iraq - a "Slam Dunk" he said - now Tenet is gone and Bush is moving to
> shore up an ineffectual agency via a new leader and is standing behind
> that new leader as he shapes up their abilities and all you can do is
> parrot a lame "he's building a mirror" complaint - what
would you have him
> do, rehire Tenet and let his little coffee clatch of sniping burarcacy
> continue to undermine the effectiveness of the agency to our peril?
>

Er did the career people report there was wmd or was it simply reported they did ?

> I mean, really, Bush has the right to appoint anyone he likes and support
> them in their job, why the hell should he listen to the whining of a bunch
> of outgoing Democrats pining for both their jobs and the status quo?

Tenet was a political appointee. Gross is a political appointee. No one has
( to my knowledge) that Bush should not appoint the political appointees he
wants however that should not extend all the way down the ladder. The
career people should be concerned only about accurate gathering and
interpretation of the intelligence, NOT delivering what the President wants
to hear or information only to support the view of the administration ( ANY
administration). As part of this I also think that those who leaked to the
public should be "retired". Of course I also think that when
Congress asks questions they should get those questions answered fully and
honestly.

Bob Lewis

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