NYT- C.I.A. Is Accused of Delaying Internal Report

[maddezmom]

ASHINGTON, Oct. 26 - The Central Intelligence Agency has blocked, at least temporarily, the distribution of a draft internal report that identifies individual officers by name in discussing whether anyone should be held accountable for intelligence failures leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, members of Congress from both parties said.

The delays began in July, at the direction of John E. McLaughlin, then the acting director of central intelligence, and have continued since Porter J. Goss took over as the intelligence chief last month, members of Congress said. The delays have postponed the next step in the process, which calls for the draft report to be reviewed by affected individuals.

It is not known who is named in the report, conducted by the C.I.A.'s inspector general, an independent internal investigator. The review was sought in December 2002 by the joint Congressional committee that investigated intelligence failures leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks. The purpose, that panel said, should be to determine "whether and to what extent personnel at all levels should be held accountable'' for any mistakes that contributed to the failure to disrupt the attacks.

In a Sept. 23 letter to Mr. McLaughlin, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Representatives Peter Hoekstra of Michigan and Jane Harman of California, said they were "concerned that the C.I.A. is unwilling to hold its officers accountable for failures to meet the professional standards we know C.I.A stands for.'' On Tuesday, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, wrote separately to Mr. Goss, expressing concern "about the appearance that the inspector general's independence is being infringed.''

more: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/politics/27attack.html

So the Pentagon is holding up the 9/11 reforms and the CIA is holding up their own report on 9/11. :eyes:

[hangemhigh]

1. Porter Fucking Goss

He's one of the first things Kerry should take care of. A Bush Crime Family consigliere. And did I mention, Two Faced Lying Sack of Shit Asshole?

[Sara Beverley]

7. I love your discriptive language. You nailed it!

I am hoping some whistleblowers will just throw him or herself on the sword and leak the damn report.

[0007]

8. Any organized crime family member will be expelled immediately,

when President Kerry takes office in January.

[speedoo]

2. We need K/E to blast this.

Certainly shrubco wants this to sit until after the election.

Maybe Kerry set himself up to blast this with his "What else are you hiding, Mr. Bush?" today.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Agreed!

[bvar22]

3. The TRUTH will set you free....

...to go back to your pig farm in Texas FULL TIME!

[maddezmom]

5. kick for the am folks

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. 9-11 was not a failure of intelligence

It was a failure of the key people in the leadership to respond.

All of the key people sat on their hands for as long as they could.

Every single one heard about the attack by the time the first tower was hit at 8:45. However, it was not until 45 minutes later that any of them even started to initiate a response.

If all of the planes had left on schedule the attack would have been over by 9:00 AM. Fortunately, two flights were delayed, forcing the people in charge to stall, to pretend that they didn't understand what was going on, to purposely ignore the attack while it was in progress.

Our leaders failed us on purpose.

[Supersedeas]

9. Porter Goss thinks ACCOUNTABILITY is overrated...partisan?