Posted on 11/15/2004 6:05:02 AM PST by OESY
The nation's new spy chief's management style is alienating some career intelligence officers, and the tensions threaten to impede rebuilding the nation's spying capabilities, current and former intelligence officials say.
Two months after taking over the Central Intelligence Agency, Porter Goss, a former Republican congressman, is perceived as a distant figure who has given wide latitude in running the agency to several aides he brought from Capitol Hill. These aides, led by Goss chief of staff Patrick Murray, have clashed with senior and mid-level managers whose support has long been considered vital for a director to gain control of the agency's clandestine wing, the directorate of operations.
The tensions spilled into view Friday when deputy director John McLaughlin announced he was retiring and deputy director for operations Stephen Kappes submitted his resignation, but was persuaded to delay a final decision on leaving, the current and former officials say. Both men had warned Mr. Goss that his aides were causing turmoil and that further resignations were possible, the officials said.
Mr. McLaughlin, a 32-year agency veteran, called his departure a "purely personal decision" and said it was time to move on to other pursuits. A CIA spokesman yesterday declined to comment on any aspect of the situation.
By several accounts, Mr. Goss's early tenure at the CIA has been rocky, in part because many agency officials fear that he is under orders from the White House to clean house. Some Bush administration officials privately are vitriolic about CIA officials, accusing the agency of pre-election leaks that put the Bush campaign on the defensive. That has led some agency defenders to criticize Mr. Goss for conducting what they describe as a partisan housecleaning....
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Agreed. Throw the bums out!
Soon as Mr Goss is done at CIA, make him SOS. Foggy Bottom needs to have it's bottom kicked.
Housecleaning Alert!
GO PORTER!!!! Clean house!!! We are behind you!!!
Go forth and mix it up, Mr. G!
D-9 Cat ..... warmed up and ready to roll.... where do u want me to start......
Yep, but I remember all too well what happened when JFK threatened the CIA's very existence with a "house cleaning". So I hope the Secret Service is on their toes.
If it is bad news for the Mainstream Media, and liberal talking heads on the Sunday talk shows (which it IS), then it is EXXXXXCELLENT news for the conservative side of the house. Keep up the good news Director GOSS!!
The "current" soon to be former intelligence officials.
BTW ... just how does one go about "impeding" what isn't there?
Goss was hired to clean out the joint.
He's doing it, and there's some howlin' going on because of the pain.
I'm not surprised. Is anyone?
The MSM will complain loudest because it's their liberal, back-stabbing, security-violating, quisling plants at Foggy Bottom who are getting the ax.
Go GOSS!
It's PAST TIME!!!!
Lets get rid of those bureaucratic pansies that screwed up the C.I.A. and get some real leaders installed.
Porter Goss will get the job done in spite of the press losing all of their leakers that provided the MSM with anti-Bush trivia.
Ever hear a cat in heat? It sounds awful, but it's necessary for the species to continue. It's the same here. This is a good thing. And, I suspect you will hear CIA operatives howling even louder as the housecleaning continues. Keep up the good work. Get rid of the Clintonistas.
Now, about the State Department...
I could straighten out the non performers an a month or so.
You been talking to Oliver Stoned?
Should anything happen to President Bush, there will be a sudden and terrifying loss of places to hide for the left.
.......whose support has long been considered vital for a director to gain control of the agency's clandestine wing, the directorate of operations.
Looks like Mr. Goss ain't playing by the old rules, and it has bruised some tender egos. GOOD!
Better late than never.
An intelligence service is a joke when every delusional neurotic in it questions and challenges his superiors. Challenging the chief executive of the country particularly rankles. When did we start rewarding arrogance?
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