Bad Blood Exists Between White House, CIA

[Poiuyt]

This article appeared on the front page of my newspaper this morning, except with the headline, "Libby Case Underscores Nasty Relations in D.C." (They also left off the last few paragraphs where they talked about what a serious matter this was). Yep, this was nothing but politics folks:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051029/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_vs_cia;_ylt=Aixn4OO7z8iMc6TnZtqLsuVp24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer Sat Oct 29, 3:56 AM ET

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff is learning one Washington lesson the hard way: Don't do battle with people who run covert operations for a living.

The bad blood between the White House and CIA has been known for some time. But the 22-page indictment Friday of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby displays — in black and white — just how nasty relations had become between senior White House officials and the nation's spy chiefs.

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[acmavm]

1. Well then I hope that the CIA gives them the ass whippin' that they need.

Maybe they'll give us enough to clean house ourselves, because there aren't enough honest politicians in Washington to get the job done. The honest ones are totally outnumbered by the liars, thieves, and the one in 'public service' for what they can get out of it for themselves.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Gee, no kidding

never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but,

FREE THE CIA!

[Zodiak]

3. Well, Porter Goss "purging" those that disagree with the Administration

from the CIA didn;t help any. Does anyone remember this?

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/16/cia/index_np.html

Killing the messenger
Porter Goss' purge at the CIA will ensure the agency is full of Bush yes men -- but it will seriously damage U.S. intelligence.

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By Spencer Ackerman

Nov. 16, 2004 | The current war inside the CIA began with a stolen package of bacon. During a 1981 grocery run in Langley, Va., Michael Kostiw decided against paying $2.13 for a few strips of salted, fatty pork. Unfortunately for him, his 10 years of experience as a case officer for the Central Intelligence Agency was poor training for petty thievery, and after he was caught by supermarket employees the CIA placed him on administrative leave. He opted for a quiet retirement from Langley.

But not long ago he was back -- briefly. When Porter Goss, a Republican representative from Florida and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, became director of central intelligence on Sept. 24, he named Kostiw, his chief staffer on terrorism, as his executive director, Langley's third in command.