Former CIA agent Larry Johnson also questioned Goss's qualifications. "There is one thing Goss didn't really do for the last several years -- he didn't chair the House Intelligence Committee, in spite of what his resume claims," said Johnson. "Instead, he did the dead man's float."
Johnson said Goss did not have the experience claimed. Goss did not "push through real reforms, for example, getting more funding for badly clandestine assets. He didn't do any of it."
Former CIA Counter-terrorism Chief Vince Cannistraro agreed: "Goss has never been very distinguished, but he's protected. He's a Bush loyalist and has been in the forefront of those who have tried to place the major blame for the 9/11 attacks on the agency."
Too funny.........Johnson questioning Goss' qualifications.
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No lie is too big for these traitors. From the guttersnipe anti-American hate site, AntiWar.com:
July 20, 2005
Plamegate: Dick Cheney's Role
by Ray McGovern
...During a radio interview with Ian Masters on April 3, 2005, former CIA operative Vincent Cannistraro charged that the Iraq-Niger documents were forged in the United States. Drawing on earlier speculation regarding who forged the documents, Masters asked, "If I were to say the name Michael Ledeen to you, what would you say?" Cannistraro replied, "You're very close."
Plamegate: Dick Cheney's Role - by Ray McGovern
http://antiwar.com/mcgovern/
"Former CIA agent Larry Johnson also questioned Goss's qualifications."
So these VIPS guys are the professional testifiers the Democrats drag out whenever they want to trash the Administration? The article neglects to mention that Johnson had a four year stint in the CIA, and had been out of the Agency for about 15 years at the time he testified.