Posted on 01/10/2005 2:13:51 AM PST by kattracks
WASHINGTON - The CIA has told Henry Kissinger to kiss off, saying his services as an informal adviser to Director Porter Goss are no longer needed.The pink slip came in the form of a terse communiqué from Goss to Kissinger - the vaunted diplomat and counselor to Presidents - and other members of an intelligence advisory board that meets several times a year, Newsweek magazine reported yesterday.
The council of wise men recently sacked by the new CIA honcho includes 9/11 Commissioner and ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), who heads New School University in New York; former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), and ex-Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. William Crowe. Kissinger told the magazine he had "no view" on the dismissals, and another member of the panel, ex-CIA and FBI Director William Webster, insisted he was not offended.
Jettisoning the advisers marked the latest controversial move by Goss, the Republican ex-House Intelligence Committee chairman busily shaking up the spy agency.
In recent weeks, the spy chief has replaced several senior officials in the clandestine service and also stopped nightly counterterrorism meetings attended by the intelligence community. This week, former top Bush-Cheney campaign aide Jennifer Millerwise takes over as chief spokeswoman at the agency.
Originally published on January 10, 2005
This is probably a smart move, the biggest drawback being these jilted academics (especially Bob "Interrogate Condi like she is a criminal" Kerry) will now rush like maniacs to every camera on the continent claiming the CIA is "bungling" the job. You know the press sycophants will only be too eager to parade them ad infinitum.
Kissinger will no doubt pop up as a pundit...then in four yrs
He'll be Bach
Eliminating Bob Kerrey from the inner circle cannot be a bad thing.
If he is still alive, in 4 years he will be 85.
I don't think much of Kissinger.
He stood for appeasing the Soviets, Proping up arab dictatorships and appeasing the vietnameese.
Good to see him go, he has a failed worldview (IMO).
He's already a pundit..Greta has him on her show all the time.
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Looks like a roomfull of leaks have been plugged.
running all sorts of self serving scams it was Kissinger.
He most likely IMO should be in jail.
Agreed. Kissassinger is a nasty pile of cow flop.
Christopher Hitchens insists Dr. K should be tried as a war criminal.
Bob Kerrey didn't actually interogate Dr. Condi Rice, he interrogated a woman he called "Dr. Clark." Couldn't even get her name right.
It is entirely possible that this group was the source or encouragement for the recent anti-Bush leaking from the CIA.
William Crowe??? What the hell was he doing on there in the first place. He was just one of Bill Clinton's sycophants.
I hope this doesn't mean he will be there and other shows more often now. I can only understand every 8th word he says.
While I'm not in love with Dr. Strangelove, I wonder what the political purges at CIA do to increase our protection from al-Qaeda.
Wow! A bureaucrat who doesn't feel the need to carry the empty luggage from the former regime! And who feels perfectly justified in purging enemy combatants from within his own ranks!
How refreshing.
"Good to see him go, he has a failed worldview (IMO)."
Yes, Kissinger is a part of the NWO establishment, and all that is wrong with that aspect of things. Not to say others are not, but it is still good to see that he has lost influence.
I think many of the comments here about Kissinger belonging in jail, etc. are ill informed. Kissinger helped save this country at a critical time in history.
Peter Goss has risen even further in my estimation. for what it's worth
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