Posted on 11/14/2004 7:41:52 AM PST by aculeus
Within the past month, four former deputy directors of operations have tried to offer CIA Director Porter J. Goss advice about changing the clandestine service without setting off a rebellion, but Goss has declined to speak to any of them, said former CIA officials aware of the communications.
The four senior officials represent nearly two decades of experience leading the Directorate of Operations under both Republican and Democratic presidents. The officials were dismayed by the reaction and were concerned that Goss has isolated himself from the agency's senior staff, said former clandestine service officers aware of the offers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A CIA analyst who wrote a book that criticized the U.S. war on terror has resigned from the spy agency after it effectively banned him from publicly discussing his views, his publicist said on Thursday.Michael Scheuer, whose book "Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror" was signed as "anonymous" and published this summer, will resign effective Friday after 22 years at the Central Intelligence Agency.
[...snipage...] Scheuer decided that it would be in the best interests of the intelligence community and the country for him to resign in order to continue speaking publicly with regard to Osama Bin Laden, al Qaeda, and the 9-11 Commission Report."
Bad news is that the rats will be running straight to 60 Minutes and other borderline (or not) seditious elements of the MSM. So what. Run 'em out anyway, Porter!
Whether or not Goss is "using a heavy hand," which is the concern you raised, only time will tell. He's only recently been confirmed, so I find it quite reveling how quickly several CIA bureaucrats have begun screaming like scalded cats. If they were loyal and truly interested in improving the agency, you'd think they'd at least give the new Director a chance. Instead of trying to tell him what to do, you'd think they'd give him some room to implement his own ideas.
Gonna be difficult to find experienced disloyal leakers.
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