[sourdoughAK]

I think that article is a lot of hype. There may be problems between some Bush people & the agency or former agency folks - but by and large people working for the CIA are extremely patriotic, and extremely RIGHT WING. They don't want to see Kerry elected, and serve to gain nothing by undermining Bush in such an overt way. Anybody doing that would be rogue in my estimation, not part of a large group.

To call them all idiots is just flat wrong - I spent some time dealing w/ the agency - and they were some of the smartest people I ever met. The organization itself has all kinds of bureaucratic problems - but you just can't blame everyone working there for the fact that the agency itself may be in bad need of an overhaul.

[hippy hate me]

Considering the sources here are from retired agents, I was swayed to share the same gut feeling on the article as yourself. Despite some problems, an all out Bush attack through a re-election bid would be career suicide for the agency, I would think. Considering, if I'm not mistaken, Kerry wants to create a completely new domestic spy agency.

[pt17]

The organization itself has all kinds of bureaucratic problems - but you just can't blame everyone working there for the fact that the agency itself may be in bad need of an overhaul.

It's been my experience that all large organizations, whether governmental or in the private sector, can easily have all kinds of bureaucratic problems. That the CIA is more secretive than most may, however, make it a better candidate for organizational entropy than most.

[dasboot]

YES! This whole story smells.....sorta like some crap spun up by dimmies for some reason I can't yet fathom.....but I can smell something rotten ... Just like the sabotage of the election process