CIA Director Rudy Giuliani
Posted on 06/03/2004 7:30:15 AM PDT by cyncooper
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But this has to be Bush's call. Bush is cleaning house before the election and before the June 30 hand-over.
Confirmation hearings won't take place until after November.
Tenet is taking the fall. That's how it goes.
North wouldn't have a chance in hell.
What if he doesn't? What if he leaves the "acting" guy in place until after the election so there is no confirmation hearing? What would the demo spin be then?
(Stepping back quietly now and taking off tinfoil hat.)
McCain is too mentally unstable to be director of the CIA. Everyone who knows him has admittedly this off the record. Anyone who has seen hiff off camera would see it immediately.
I am saying that Bush's inner circle is the target of that investigation. It is well-known.
Are you even hinting at it?
See above.
If so, I'd say you are here to bring down this administration.
What a bunch of hogwash.
He was not dumped.
You think Bush would step on his own headlines while he's literally flying to Europe?
You don't know much about timing in political decisions.
Tenet decided to leave for his own reasons, and everyone was surprised.
No, I hope he doesn't. However, I don't trust him or any other Democrat, especially those who worked for the Clintons.
Disgusting. They will dance with joy if Bush loses.
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He's been long gone. Mueller heads the FBI.
Just a guess that the personal reasons are legal in nature related to the Wilson probe, or related to an internal screw up such as sharing top secrets with Chalabi.
I agree with you both.
This was not a forced resignation? Did you hear Bush -- he didn't have any prepared remarks!
And Tenet will be loyal to Bush.
Absolutely. That was a massive intelligence failure.
do they usually come from the ranks of the CIA itself, or from outside places..?
The head of the CIA is given the title Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), ODCI means Office of the Director of Central Intelligence. The DCI is not only the head of the CIA but also the leader of the entire U.S. intelligence community and the President's principal advisor on intelligence matters. A list of DCIs (in chronological order) follows.
| Rear Adm. Sidney W. Souers, USNR | January 23, 1946 - June 10, 1946 |
| Lt. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USA | June 10, 1946 - May 1, 1947 |
| Rear Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, USN | May 1, 1947 - October 7, 1950 |
| Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, USA | October 7, 1950 - February 9, 1953 |
| Allen W. Dulles | February 26, 1953 - November 29, 1961 |
| John A. McCone | November 29, 1961 - April 28, 1965 |
| Vice Adm. William F. Raborn, Jr., USN (Ret.) | April 28, 1965 - June 30, 1966 |
| Richard M. Helms | June 30, 1966 - February 2, 1973 |
| James R. Schlesinger | February 2, 1973 - July 2, 1973 |
| William E. Colby | September 4, 1973 - January 30, 1976 |
| George H. W. Bush | January 30, 1976 - January 20, 1977 |
| Adm. Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret.) | March 9, 1977 - January 20, 1981 |
| William J. Casey | January 28, 1981 - January 29, 1987 |
| William H. Webster | May 26, 1987 - August 31, 1991 |
| Robert M. Gates | November 6, 1991 - January 20, 1993 |
| R. James Woolsey | February 5, 1993 - January 10, 1995 |
| John M. Deutch | May 10, 1995 - December 15, 1996 |
| George J. Tenet | July 11, 1997 - current / June 3, 2004 |
-actually, I don't think North would be welcome in hell, only my opinion, but he couldn't ever get through a Senate confirmation hearing, on that you are correct.
But it would be sooooo fun to watch!
Oh Cool! LOL, that would be a great idea! Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! Hahaha :D
Geeez.. Where do people think all those leaks came from? Why don't you go back to those threads and see who was getting blamed at the time.
And where, exactly, do you think the Plame investigation is leading?
I have no idea where it's leading. I am not privy to the highly secretive grand jury proceedings. It may very well be leading nowhere but it was certainly obvious to Tenet where, if anywhere, it would lead when it was called for by Tenet.
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