2 More Top CIA Officials Quit Over New Leadership

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/politics/16intel.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51301-2004Nov15.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cia16nov16,0,7519684.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Porter Goss' move to keep the lid on the CIA

2 More Top CIA Officials Quit Over New Leadership


By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — The resignations of two more senior CIA officials Monday fueled debate in the intelligence community over whether the agency was tumbling into turmoil under new Director Porter J. Goss, or was taking painful but necessary steps toward fixing serious problems.<snip>

The departures alarmed agency veterans, who said morale was plummeting under Goss' stewardship and that the agency was increasingly in disarray at a time when it was struggling to stay abreast of terrorist threats and the insurgency in Iraq.<snip>

Some CIA critics argue that still more departures are necessary to bring to heel an agency that many Republicans accused of seeking to sandbag Bush during the presidential campaign by leaking information that warned of the deteriorating situation in post-war Iraq.<snip>

[mhr]

1. New CIA = Christian Intelligence Agency

Guess these folks could not stomach the new dogma.

[Ezlivin]

3. Christian? Perhaps if you assume Mormons are Christian

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (often abbreviated LDS), has had quite an influence in the CIA and FBI for years.

Most Xians view Mormons as members of a cult, although in the past couple of decades the LDS has moved in a mainstream direction, deemphasizing those elements at most variance with Xian beliefs. The church has experienced spectacular growth and at the expense of the Southern Baptists, who are chagrined at the loss of members to a "cult".

Fundamentalists do not look favorably upon the LDS church, so if they wish to claw their way to power in the various intelligence agencies they have a tremendous fight on their hands.

[mhr]

4. That's The Point - The Purge Has Begun

eom

[grumpy old fart]

2. Bush: CIA too reality based....

He's looking to go for another FBI: faith based intelligence

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=991588