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WashPost ^ | 4/25/09 | Porter Goss

Posted on 04/25/2009 6:41:05 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun

Since leaving my post as CIA director almost three years ago, I have remained largely silent on the public stage. I am speaking out now because I feel our government has crossed the red line between properly protecting our national security and trying to gain partisan political advantage. We can't have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets. Americans have to decide now.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cia; goss; politics; security
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1 posted on 04/25/2009 6:41:05 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun
"Unfortunately, much of the damage to our capabilities has already been done. It is certainly not trust that is fostered when intelligence officers are told one day "I have your back" only to learn a day later that a knife is being held to it. After the events of this week, morale at the CIA has been shaken to its foundation..."-Porter Goss

SMACK!!!!

Upside Obama's head!!!

Finally!!! Some common sense!!! Please God let it spread throughout the land!!!!!
2 posted on 04/25/2009 6:47:00 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: anniegetyourgun
Americans have to decide now.

Mr. Goss they already have. Sadly, they have little idea of what they are doing. And the failure of you and your predecessors to speak out against the enemy within, the communist party in the United States, has caused this situation.

3 posted on 04/25/2009 6:47:28 AM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: anniegetyourgun; Alas Babylon!; American_Centurion; An.American.Expatriate; ASA.Ranger; ASA Vet; ...

fyi


4 posted on 04/25/2009 6:47:37 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Does 0B0Z0 have any friends, who are not criminals, foreign/domestic terrorists, or tax cheats?)
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To: anniegetyourgun
And the shameless Washington Post puts this at the end of the article:

The writer, a Republican, was director of the CIA from September 2004 to May 2006 and was chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1997 to 2004.

Was it necessary to identify him as a Republican? When they identify a former Clinton official, it is just their position and years served....nothing about party affiliation.

5 posted on 04/25/2009 6:50:59 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Nuc1

Yes - our fellow countrymen are still quite satisfied with the usurper they have placed in the White House. It will be years before they see him for what he is....by then, it will be too late.


6 posted on 04/25/2009 6:52:22 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Erik Latranyi
It is the "Washington COMPost" after all!! Could have been worse!
7 posted on 04/25/2009 6:57:26 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: anniegetyourgun
We can't have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets.

"That's the idea"

This isn't rocket science. President Obama's a lot of things, but he's not stupid. He's a visionary, and part of his vision entails an America that less capable of interfering and intervening in the rest of the world.

If Barry's slashing the tires, it's not because he doesn't understand that if you let the air out they won't work. It's because he doesn't want you to drive the car.

8 posted on 04/25/2009 6:59:17 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (Oh, well. Back to the drawing board....)
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To: Steel Wolf

xactly - he’s on a mission.


9 posted on 04/25/2009 7:01:31 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: anniegetyourgun
The writer, a Republican, was director of the CIA from September 2004 to May 2006 and was chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1997 to 2004.

They "forgot" to mention that Goss worked for the CIA as an intelligence officer. Of course, Republican is the first thing mentioned to describe him.

10 posted on 04/25/2009 7:13:33 AM PDT by kabar
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To: pillut48

Judging from many of the responses in the Washington Posts comments section - it is pretty clear that most still don’t get it.


11 posted on 04/25/2009 7:14:37 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: anniegetyourgun
Ann Coulter said it best in her book "TREASON!
12 posted on 04/25/2009 7:16:03 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli now reads "Oil the gun..eat the cannolis.")
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To: Don Corleone

AMEN to that!! Porter Goss is a hero!! I have known of him for fifty years!!!


13 posted on 04/25/2009 7:37:16 AM PDT by righteousindignation
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To: anniegetyourgun

There are some really bold faced liars and cowardly bastards on capital hill. It is a total disgrace. You know darn well the democratic leadership gave the OK when they were targets. Now that the apparent threat is over, they plead ignorance for political gain.


14 posted on 04/25/2009 7:41:27 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: anniegetyourgun
What do you think it will take for our fellow countrymen to see him clearly and for that opinion to be openly expressed?
15 posted on 04/25/2009 7:48:17 AM PDT by GBA
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To: anniegetyourgun

Well, you have to give the ComPost credit for publishing this very strong and clear article at all—which not only points out what damage has been done, and will be done if it continues, but also points out that the Democrats KNEW ABOUT AND APPROVED waterboarding and other forms of “torture.” And if they’ve seen recent headlines, they’ll know that that means Nancy Pelosi in particular.

I’m not sure what the WaPo’s reasons were for publishing this at all—even with that warning “Republican” label. Maybe they think that it’s not going to do their Saint Obama any good if he lets this go forward any further, so it’s a shot across the bow. In any case, it’s good to get this out there.

Bush made Porter Goss head of the CIA to clean out the clintonoids and carterites—the leakers, underminers, and traitors. He tried, but the difficulties were too great, and eventually Bush was forced to replace him. I wish Bush had just stuck it out, but he was too anxious to please, and gave in. The replacement CIA head was basically just a figurehead or placeholder, IMHO.


16 posted on 04/25/2009 8:45:48 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: anniegetyourgun

We can’t have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets. “Americans have to decide now”,a look at obamas polls prove to many people lack the ability to think or reason the dumbing down plan has worked very well and we all pay for it.


17 posted on 04/25/2009 9:48:47 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Grampa Dave; ASA Vet; Old Sarge
Goss made good points. Too bad he didn't put in an addenda, why he was appointed to director; Gorelick and Reno, Plame and Wilson, Burger and Tenet's subservience to Clinton.

Change the name to the DNCIA.
18 posted on 04/25/2009 12:27:16 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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To: brytlea; Diana in Wisconsin; Kakaze; Tammy8; unkus; metmom; Cap Huff; svcw; reaganaut; ...

 

From the article:

-- The chairs and the ranking minority members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, known as the Gang of Four, were briefed that the CIA was holding and interrogating high-value terrorists.

-- We understood what the CIA was doing.

-- We gave the CIA our bipartisan support.

-- We gave the CIA funding to carry out its activities.

-- On a bipartisan basis, we asked if the CIA needed more support from Congress to carry out its mission against al-Qaeda.


19 posted on 04/25/2009 1:20:22 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Obama....never saw a Bush molehill he couldn't make a mountain out of.......)
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To: GBA

I’m not sure that you really want to hear my response to that question, GBA....let me know if you’re sitting down before you ask again.


20 posted on 04/25/2009 1:34:34 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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