[Cacique]

In other countries when one party or faction takes over from another there is a "purge". In our system we replace the guys on top and leave the bureaucracy in place regardless of whether it's effective or not. And this is not just the CIA. We can look at Defense,State and every other major outfit in Washington. All the Marxists hired from Harvard and Princeton and other so called institutions of lower learning remain in place to sabotage policy. It's time to demand a general cleanup.

FREEPER (PARodrig) PAUL RODRIGUEZ FOR CONGRESS

[sourdoughAK]

Sorry - I just buy that think leftists have ever worked at the CIA. Disgruntled bureaucrats, sure. The occasional Aldrich Ames, sure. But liberals just don't join the CIA, nor are they wanted at Langley.

[BIGLOOK]

You're right about purging departments that have been loaded with knotheads from the previous administration, but the Bush admin hadn't really had the time (from 1/20/01-9/11/01) and had to make do with personnel on hand.

When Clinton took office, he fired all federal prosecuting attorneys, paving the way for the HillBilly shenanigans during the '90s.

I have little info on what the Clintons did to the intelligence community but history shows they were isolated and ignored. The State Dept. was policy and the policy was Clinton's (whatever that was) and from Jan-Sept 2001, little had changed there. Remember the summer of 2001; Bush appointments were delayed, harangued and left hanging. The Senate was in the control of the Democrats. Summer break was a political tool.

After 9/11/01, Bush had to work with the crew he had and their loyalties are suspect and confused.

Hope for reelection and a Spring cleaning.

And GO YANKEES

[Commie Basher]

In our system we replace the guys on top and leave the bureaucracy in place regardless of whether it's effective or not.

I believe that's also the way in Britain and France.