Bush Orders Review of Covert Operations (to be DoD controlled?)

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/bush_intelligence_dc

15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) has ordered an internal review into whether the Defense Department should run covert paramilitary operations traditionally mounted by the CIA (news - web sites), administration officials said on Tuesday.


The presidential directive, signed by Bush last week, asks the CIA and the Departments of State, Defense and Justice to report back to him in 90 days on "whether or not the paramilitary operations, currently under the control of the CIA, should be transferred to the Department of Defense (news - web sites)," a senior administration official said.


The recommendation was first made by the commission that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as part of a package of reforms to overhaul and streamline the intelligence community.


Top officials at the CIA and the Pentagon (news - web sites) have been cool to the idea of giving the military's Special Operations forces such a large role in paramilitary operations.

[Devil Dog Dem]

1. You know, if it was anyone but Bush ordering this, I might agree.

But since he has no credibility, I question his true motives here.

[denverbill]

2. Notice, no debate on whether covert operations should be run period.

It's so refreshing to know that our govt can secretly make plans to topple any foreign govt it chooses for whatever reason it chooses with no accountability whatsoever. You would think our track record with the Shah, Manuel Noreiga, and Saddam would've put a stop to this bullshit.

Why don't we just keep our damned mitts off of the rest of the world? Why do we always defend dictators and monarchs are the expense of democracies?

[wildflower]

3. Because we're the "ownership society."

That's what I always think, anyway, when I hear that term.