[AmishDude]

I don't think so. But no one can tell us the context of this. Search on the quote in Google. If you look at the text, they quote that as a single sentence. They do no tell you what precedes it or what follows. This is what I had to go to a blog to get.

“I also intend to clarify beyond doubt the rules of the road. We support the administration, and its policies in our work as agency employees. We do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies. We provide the intelligence as we see it—and let the facts alone speak to the policymaker.”

The boldface is the only thing the MSM will quote and they do it incessantly.

[mountaineer]

Mr. Bush prefers more panting enablers, like Alberto Gonzales. You wanna fry criminals or torture prisoners? Sure thing, boss.

I love the smell of hyperbole in the morning. It smells like a liberal.

[nathanbedford]

Thank you for your valuable contribution.

Ms Dowd prefaced the quote, "support the administration and its policies in our work.'' with, "In an ominous echo of the old loyalty oaths, Mr. Goss has warned employees at the agency that their job is to..."

So the distortion actually comes in with the selective omission, "We provide the intelligence as we see it—and let the facts alone speak to the policymaker." artfully jusxtaposed against the unjustified presumptive conclusion made clearly inapposite by the omission. The fraudulent preamble reads,"In an ominous echo of the old loyalty oaths, Mr. Goss has warned employees at the agency..." and it simply cannot be persuasively coupled with an exhortation to call 'em as ye sees 'em.

Not a misquote but a selective quote coupled with unjustified conclusionary language which renders the whole a distortion. In some ways, an artful distortion is more malevolent than a bald faced misquote.

Shame on Ms. Dowd.