Letters to the Editor
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Why the kid gloves?
Why is Salon handling this story with kid gloves? This was not a planned resignation. As even Bill Kristol admits, something "popped" this week. Follow the Watergate.
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CIA spin
The spin on the CIA is that somehow the agency was responsible for "bad intelligence." Even War Room has taken the bait. The truth is the CIA did a great job, they had plenty of evidence that contradicted the assertions (lies, really) that the Cheney administration used to justify the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The career officers at the CIA tried mightily to stop the political interference, spearheaded by President, excuse me, Vice President Cheney, but were unable to stand against the machinations of the republican party. Delusional lunatics are in charge of the whole operation, and it is they and they alone who must be held accountable for the oceans of blood they have spilled. I hope to Christ there will still be some honest people left at the CIA when this is all over...
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The Price of Loyalty
Watching as one Bush appointed official after another resigns under dubious circumstances, I am reminded of what a friend from the former Soviet Union said about political advancement there. He said nobody could rise to a position of any authority unless somebody had something on you. It was a system that guaranteed loyalty via mutual assured blackmail. It seems likely that a similar political philosophy governs this administration which is well know to prize personal loyalty to Bush above all else.
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Intelligence Failures...
I have to reiterate what rustyaustin says. I don't know why, even in our favorite media sources, we continually hear the terms "intelligence failures" and "massive intelligence failures" in relation to our intelligence agencies. The fact is that there were people, many sitting in high positions, at all of our intelligence agencies warning that the position being pushed by the White House didn't have merit. The terms used takes the burden for the failures off the White House and onto the same people who were very wary of attacking Iraq because Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the United States with his weapons of mass distruction.
The intelligence agencies did not fail to advise the White House that their cause for military action against Iraq was tenuous. It would be great if we all saw this fact reflected in our media. The intelligence agencies, and those who work there have been used as scapegoats for this administration's wildly irresponsible actions.
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Body Count
Before this festering fascist regime is done, there will be more bodies strewn around Dee Cee than even in the Ray-gun maladministration (remember all the dead nuns? Negroponte, anyone?). One house of congress is all we need to rip this pustulate wound open and start the healing. First, we get rid of the heels. Orange jump suit futures just went up.
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Has he signed a book deal?
I can't wait to see his interview with Jon Stewart and then read his book!
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Goss out
The CIA did not have bad intelligence about Iraq. It was beaten down at every turn by an Administration that had decided to go to war with Iraq from Day 1 of the Bush's Presidency. There have been enough reports (among them the famous "Downing Street" report), that the Administration was looking to fit facts around its fiction. Cheney and Bush ignored every fact that did not fit their delusional theory.
As for Goss, his sudden departure is rather suspicious. I would not be surprised if it turns out that he was involved, one way or another, with the Wilkes-Cunningham racket.
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Conspiracy theory #723
Any chance his timing might allow him to run for Senate in Florida to replace Ms Harris?