W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 1 , 2 0 0 4Porter Goss: A Closer Lookby Michael in New York on 8/11/2004 01:25:00 AMThe New York Times looks at the political and intelligenceramifications of nominating Porter Goss.</p><p> Republicans are alreadytrying to paint any Democrats who oppose Porter as endangeringnational security; Democrats are already backing off.</p><p> It's prettysimple: at the heart of the C.I.A.'s problem seems to have been apoliticization of intelligence (Cheney stepping in and demanding heget unfiltered data; Bush making a decision to invade and thendemanding the intelligence be cut to fit; Tenet telling Bush what hewanted to hear rather than asking the hard questions; the C.I.A.giving briefings to Congress that avoided grey areas and presentedfaulty or even contrary evidence in black and white.) The head of theC.I.A. is historically non-partisan (as opposed to the AttorneyGeneral, which often is).</p><p> Bush chose a nominee that is extremelypartisan that he knew top Democrats objected to.</p><p> But instead ofcoming out swinging and saying Bush is endangering nationalsecurity by choosing a nominee he knows doesn't have broadbipartisan support, they are already heading for cover.</p><p> Free BI White PaperLearn how all users can access all their datawith one BI product.www.Cognos.com/businessintelligence Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register withDISQUSWhy?Use Media ▼Community Page Comments feed Trackbacks Daily KosShuster, Blow slam wingnut rhetoric - DavidShuster leads a panel discussion with gun activistAllan Gotlieb and New York Times columnistCharles Blow on the escalation of the right-wing’sre...14 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...15 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsLincoln Leaves Door Open For EFCA Compromise -Senator Blanche Lincoln on Monday announcedthat she would vote against the Employee FreeChoice Act.</p><p> But later she elaborated, leaving thedoor open for...21 minutes agoCrooks and LiarsMichelle Bachmann warns of politically correctre-education camps for young people - Isn't thestate of Minnesota embarrassed enough alreadyover Norm Coleman's hold out? They re-electedone of the craziest members of Congress back intoo...34 minutes agoEschatonDeep Thought - When my house gets foreclosed I'llprobably be pretty happy if there's a reeducationcamp I can go to.47 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Free BI White PaperLearn how all users can access all their data with oneBI product.www.Cognos.com/businessintelligenceCIA - Intelligence DegreeEarn your CIA degree online from AMU.</p><p> Classes are100% online.www.APUS.edu AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Porter...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/porter-goss-closer-look.html 1 of 64/6/09 7:49 PM
