Yeah, civil servants are the bane of leadership since time immemorial. My thought is that an incoming leader should, first thing, put the fear of Almighty God into EVERYONE under him. Anyone not toeing the line ought to be too busy keeping his head low to activly oppose it.
Bush, as head of the government that these 'servants' work for should be able to do that to some extent. If the bureacracy has grown too large for that tactic then God help us.
While I would love to see that, I don't know how an administration fights back against anonymous leaks. Especially one which had an event like 9/11 just a few months after taking office. After that, battle lines were drawn and secret agendas were sprouting all over the agency. Just look at how Able Danger is being treated in the media. Even the supposedly independent Sept. 11 panel was compromised...to the point that a former Nat'l Security Advisor was caught sneaking classified docs out of the Archives.
No, I'm afraid the media's treatment of the Plame affair is strengthening the Agency's grip on foreign policy. Who will dare take them on in future if WH figures are indicted? Scary stuff.