[TeleStraightShooter]

"Congresswoman McKinney is viewed as a contrarian," panelist Melvin Goodman, a former CIA official, said. "And I hope someday her views will be considered conventional wisdom."

Wow, these disloyal CIA agents are really bitter since the Intel community was reorganized and they lost their little fiefdom ,eh?

[JRios1968]

"Congresswoman McKinney is viewed as a contrarian," panelist Melvin Goodman, a former CIA official, said. "And I hope someday her views will be considered conventional wisdom."

If by "contrarian" he means "idiot", then yes, Cynthia al-Qaeda is a contrarian. As for her views being considered "conventional wisdom," that will be the day pigs fly.

[Casloy]

Ya know, CIA offial can mean anything from an admin assistant to the guy that prints the in house newsletters. He also could have worked for the CIA for a week and still label himself as a former CIA official. I'd be very curious to find out what exactly he did for the CIA before assuming anything about his relationship to the CIA past or present.