Saturday, November 13, 2004

This is good

"And a slick DJ in a blazer with a badge came on and said 'here we go'!*

From WaPo:

The deputy director of the CIA resigned yesterday after a series of confrontations over the past week between senior operations officials and CIA Director Porter J. Goss's new chief of staff that have left the agency in turmoil, according to several current and former CIA officials.

John E. McLaughlin, a 32-year CIA veteran who was acting director for two months this summer until Goss took over, resigned after warning Goss that his top aide, former Capitol Hill staff member Patrick Murray, was treating senior officials disrespectfully and risked widespread resignations, the officials said.

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So, all the career people are leaving and are gonna be replaced by political hacks. Didn't I say that here, here, and here? If we thought the Agency was in sad shape before 9/11, wait until you see what they do to it now.

*'Sally Simpson' from The Who's Tommy.

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