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October 21, 2005
The Disfunctional CIA
Voice of the Taciturn has an exceedingly illuminating post on DCI Goss's attempt to reform the CIA. Here's a juicy bit:
The bottom line is that we lose nothing by cleaning house. The exodus of the old guard (in every agency) should be encouraged, not questioned. There have been enough reports issued recently that point out that the IC isn’t all it is cracked up to be; so what exactly is the down-side of getting rid of those who let you down? Experience? Experience at what? Stonewalling? Lying? Obfuscating? Leaking? . . . and I’m not talking about actions being taken against foreign adversaries here . . .That people are leaving is probably a sign that Goss is actually making headway (or at least fighting them to a draw). As the affronted clear their desks, it opens up opportunities for those who are willing to accept the risks [...].
Goss isn’t getting another government job [...]. If he fails he gave it a shot, but if he succeeds, he may very well have pushed a snowball down a large hill.
The way the liberal/Left carries on about the CIA, you'd think the agency was the Republican version of the Gestapo, with Karl Rove playing Himmler. But in the past year it's become apparent that the CIA is perhaps even more left-leaning than the State Department. A stiff broom for both departments is long overdue.
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This is interesting--I just hope Goss (and Rice) have enough time to do at the CIA and at State what it's taken Rumsfeld 5 years to get rolling at Defense. But it does seem to make something of a pattern of bureaucratic reform, now, doesn't it?
Posted by: AcademicElephant at October 21, 2005 02:39 PM
I'm still astonished at the apparent number of lib/leftists hiding out at the CIA. If there's anything worse than a Leftist, it's a Leftist who's also a backbiting bureaucrat.
Posted by: Jeff at October 21, 2005 10:15 PM
Some treasonous leftist backbiting bureaucrats are emerging--have you seen the nonsense with Larry Wilkerson and the Rumsfeld-Cheney "cabal"? He actually admits that the bureaucrats were angry at being left in the dark and started fighting among themselves--but instead of being the bureaucrats fault for being self-interested and ineffective, it's Bush's fault for not consulting them.
Let's keep that broom swinging. These people are useless.
Posted by: AcademicElephant at October 22, 2005 09:21 AM
Didn't see it in print, but saw Barnes, Kondrake, and Hume having a good hoot about that on Brit's show. And you just know State and CIA are just full of them.
Posted by: Jeff at October 24, 2005 11:16 AM
