[Chgogal]

President Bush did not have to accept the resignation. This is a very interesting development though. The CIA has been a very big disappointment and really not worth the $30 billion we tax payers are forced to spend on the institution. The CIA doesn't even know how to track illegal yellow cake transfers as made obvious by the Plame/Wilson affair. The CIA didn't even have "feet on the ground" in the January 2001 (or was it 2000) Al Qaeda meeting in Malaysia.

The only thing that comes out of the CIA are book writers and traitors. I too wouldn't want to head such an operation. It's a loser and probably impossible to change. The institution is full of liberal civil servants who are almost impossible to get fire. Sheesh, one of their "secret agents" used their real name in Italy to collect "points" during a mission. That was how Italy tracked the super secret kidnapping of important Al Qaeda terrorists. How would you like to be responsible for that agency?

[Semper Paratus]

It's a loser and probably impossible to change.

Dismantling the CIA would be addition by subtraction.

[gondramB]

>>President Bush did not have to accept the resignation. This is a very interesting development though. The CIA has been a very big disappointment and really not worth the $30 billion we tax payers are forced to spend on the institution.<<

The CIA bidget is small compared to the military intelligence budget. When we talk about intelligence issues it goes beyond the CIA.

[ClancyJ]

Could former President Bush take over the position as CIA director? He would be trustworthy and he has run the department before.

Pres. Bush does tend to find people he fully trusts. Could the new director be former Pres. Bush or VP Cheney.

If there are anti-forces working in the CIA - who better to be at the head than one of these two men.