Isn't this just the same situation when Gen MacArthur publicly challenged his President over the Korean War? If Bush was a Truman, he would have cleaned out the insubordinates himself, without waiting for Porter Goss to read his mind.
My heavens, Clinton n e v e r put up with this. Who runs this country, anyway?
"Who runs this country, anyway?"
I believe the correct answer is The Washington Post.
Clinton gave both the CIA and the Pentagon a lot of lattitude.