[prairiebreeze]

Grenier, 51, is said by associates to be a polished and smooth-talking man with museum-quality mementos of his service overseas. His boss at the clandestine service, the nation's senior human intelligence officer, was said to regard him as insufficiently forceful in the battle with al Qaeda.

"The word on Bob was that he was a good officer, but not the one for the job and not quite as aggressive as he might have been," one official said.

Here's the next ex-CIA to mouth off to the press about the Bush admin, leak secrets etc.

If he was soft of terrorists, he didn't need to be in authority. Personally I recommend Jack Bauer as his replacement.

[Peach]

Anybody who has "museum quality momentos" isn't quite many enough for the job, imo. You know what I'm talkin' about.

[oceanview]

for all we know, maybe this guy was already IDed as a leaker - and hence this action? that's an awfully high level person to be leaking, but who knows what DC cocktail circuit hs was on.

[gotribe]

Personally I recommend Jack Bauer as his replacement.

Or Frank Martin.

[Txsleuth]

Didn't some ex-CIA guy write a book recently about how if he had been left in Afghanistan to complete the CIA led attack on the Taliban..and hunt for Osama Bin Ladin...

we would have had him by now...because HE (the author) knew he was still in Tora Bora...

BUT, Bush Admin. screwed up by sending him and his CIA group to Iraq???

[Mo1]

this is weird
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0896331490/102-3021943-9721727?v=glance&n=283155

[Bahbah]

Thanks for the ping, prairie. It seems to me that there are such serious threats to this country and its people and that so many are working so hard and so diligently to thwart those threats and actual horrors we can only begin to imagine, that the actions of the MSM and other enemies of this country and its safety, some of whom are in our own government, are just unbelievable. Do they not understand or do they not care? I don't know the answer.

[Howlin]

according to three knowledgeable officials.

I think they meant leakers, didn't they?

Robert Grenier, who spent most of his career undercover overseas

Can somebody explain to me why THIS disclosure by the New York Times is any different than the Valerie Plame affair?

[SE Mom]

This is intriguing. Wonder if he's part of the leak-a-thon going on..