Posted on 03/17/2014 2:08:11 AM PDT by blueplum
Veteran officer Jonathan Bank is placed on leave amid a rebellion against his management style, current and former officials say.
WASHINGTON The CIA's chief of Iran operations was placed on paid administrative leave and sent home from agency headquarters after an internal investigation found he had created an abusive and hostile work environment that put a crucial division in disarray, according to current and former officials.
Officers and analysts in the Iran operations division, which coordinates spying on Iran and its nuclear program, were informed at a meeting last week at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., of the decision to suspend Jonathan Bank, a veteran officer and member of the senior intelligence service...
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My take on it is he wouldn’t turn a blind eye to hussein’s aiding and abetting our enemies so was shown the door. His departure will lead to a muslim brotherhood replacement.
A serious fundamental policy problem seems to me to be a very good call. Major personality flaws usually don’t appear overnight. And one would think an asset with such extensive foreign service experience and knowledge would be quietly reassigned to desk flying in order to retain the same if a major personality issue existed. Instead, he’s double-outed in an air of embarrassment. I just hope Banks is a steadfast, loyal to America right or wrong, kinda guy. Now, I don’t know what the mainstream Repubs will do about the state of affairs, but here’s hoping some of our Tea Party electees can man the broom and get past the layers of dirt.
Iranian-born VaJayJay?
Curiouser and curiouser..
Why the hell do we know this? The evening news reads like a gossip column.
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