Clinton wasn't yet President when the CIA completely missed seeing signs of the impending break-up of the Soviet Union.
The CIA is like any large bureaucracy. It cannot find its ass with both hands.
People are sitting around picking their noses in cubicles at Langley just like at every other behemoth organization.
"The CIA is like any large bureaucracy. It cannot find its ass with both hands."
So..would you want to do away with them? I am sure there are many good hard working people in the CIA trying their best to protect this country. What I despise is the political hold-overs from the Clintoon administration staying on for the sole purpose of hurting the Bush Administration, leaking classified material and basically acting like jackasses! If Porter Goss is not the man for the job...so be it. Find another one.
The whole organization needs some major fresh blood and it sounds like some of the oldies are getting their panties in a twist over it. Who better to fight this new kind of war than the generation that will be fighting it long into the future?