W E D N E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 1 , 2 0 0 4Porter Goss: Foot Soldier For Bushby Michael in New York on 8/11/2004 02:26:00 AMThis is Bush's nominee for the C.I.A. and his savvy, un biasedanalysis of North Korea's nuclear proliferation:"On June 1, Goss took part in a Bush-Cheney conference call withreporters to critique Kerry's first national security speech [reports TheWashington Post].</p><p> He described one of Kerry's nonproliferationproposals as 'naive,' and answered 'clearly yes,' to a question aboutwhether Bush's policy toward North Korea was producing results.North Korea, he said, is 'no longer making the progress they weremaking at Yongbyon [their key nuclear production site] and otherplaces because we have called their bluff.'"In fact, since the Bush administration confronted the Pyongyanggovernment, North Korea has thrown out inspectors, removed nuclearfuel from internationally monitored storage, and may have increasedthe size of its nuclear arsenal, according to U.S. intelligence."The article further details Bush's reasons for nominating Goss, gettingits scoop from Republican insiders.</p><p> Bush's thinking has a lot to dowith polls, trying to hurt the Dems politically, catching up with Kerryand so on but very little to do with Goss's fitness for the role.</p><p> Ain't itsad that even Republicans don't offer up as reason number one thatthey believe Goss would be the best person for the job?Maybe "foot soldier" should be changed to lapdog.</p><p> AnotherWashington Post article today details Goss's recent transformationinto a Bush water carrier, along with his "part of the problem" attitudetowards the dysfunctional C.I.A."Over the past month, Goss, 65, exhibited little enthusiasm for thebroad intelligence changes proposed by the Sept. 11 commission,urging caution instead and proposing legislation to expand the powerand budget of his old agency."'It's regrettable that he's as close to the agency as he is,' said FrankJ.</p><p> Gaffney Jr., president of the Center for Security Policy, aconservative Washington think tank. 'He's been implicated in thedysfunctional congressional oversight that the 9/11 commissiondocumented.</p><p> I don't know that those things are disqualifying, butthere may be other candidates that are better.'" CIA CareersEarn an intelligence degree to help youprepare for a CIA career.www.APUS.eduNuclear InstituteFree Email News Briefing for Nuclear EnergyProfessionalswww.smartbrief.com/nei/Keep Your Eye on IranSign Up for Iran News and Analysis UnitedAgainst Nuclear Iranwww.UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com Add New Comment 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...13 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...14 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...33 minutes agoEschatonDeep Thought - When my house gets foreclosed I'llprobably be pretty happy if there's a reeducationcamp I can go to.46 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S CIA CareersEarn an intelligence degree to help youprepare for a CIA career.www.APUS.eduWar Secrets - White HouseRead exclusive excerpts from BobWoodward's The War Within now!washingtonpost.comYou Can Stop Nuclear IranYou Can Stop Business Going to Iran Visitthe Iran Business Registrywww.UnitedAgainstNuclearIran.com AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Porter...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/porter-goss-foot-soldier-f... 1 of 64/6/09 7:47 PM
