From: "Robert G Lewis" 

I HOPE you are correct even if I have my doubts.

Bob Lewis

"Mark"  wrote in message
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>I agree. Where we differ, I suspect, is that I don't believe that Bush, nor
>his appointee Goss, are attempting to construct a "yes man"
organization, I
>think rather, that they're attempting to fix that problem.
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:419d1bba$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:419d1461$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> "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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