Missed it on the "CIA" search. I'll have to be more thorough next time.
Yeah, I tried searching "CIA" too ('cause I remember the other post), but FR doesn't search on 3 letters or less.
I think that article is a lot of hype. There may be problems between some Bush people & the agency or former agency folks - but by and large people working for the CIA are extremely patriotic, and extremely RIGHT WING. They don't want to see Kerry elected, and serve to gain nothing by undermining Bush in such an overt way. Anybody doing that would be rogue in my estimation, not part of a large group.
To call them all idiots is just flat wrong - I spent some time dealing w/ the agency - and they were some of the smartest people I ever met. The organization itself has all kinds of bureaucratic problems - but you just can't blame everyone working there for the fact that the agency itself may be in bad need of an overhaul.
All the Clinton era puppets just have to go. When Clinton politicized the CIA it was the worst thing he could ever have done. It fell apart, to the point that there wasn't even ONE Arab speaking agent. They FAILED in many ways BEFORE Bush even became president. Clarke was one of those disasters. How many more Clarkes are there?