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• Saturday, May 6, 2006 12:37 AM

  Thanks for your clarity and even-handed reporting,

  Mr. Shapiro. This was well done and easy to follow.

  Although I think scandal will be part of this story, I doubt that it will extend to prostitution, at least where Goss is concerned. He isn't the target of a criminal investigation that I have read of, but his appointee, Dusty Foggo, is.

  Two former CIA analysts/agents were guests on the Jim Lehrer News Hour (PBS) this evening, and an interesting tidbit came out: Porter Goss upset the CIA regulars by importing many staff members from his Congressional office, one of whom was a former CIA employee who had already been kicked out of the CIA for pilfering bacon from a local supermarket. I don't know whether this story is true, but if it is, it shows the lack of vetting that seems to be so rampant in D.C. these days.

  I was reminded of how Rudy Guliani's sidekick, Bernard Kerik, was nominated to be the head of Homeland Security before someone actually looked at his corrupt background and prompted him to use a "Nannygate" excuse to withdraw. This did not keep the television media from continuing to invite him to appear as an expert guest on their shows following Hurricane Katrina and the failure of FEMA. What's that old saying about the pot calling the kettle black?

  If Foggo winds up in prison, will we still have Porter Goss appearing as a commentator on "Hardball?" I'm not aking any bets.

  —Marty Carpenter Read Marty Carpenter's other letters
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