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2006-10-31 Iraq

Same Ol' S---: : Another Disgruntled CIA Spook Tells All

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Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-31 04:21|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...Tyler offers a devastating critique of how the Bush Administration has engaged in an unprecedented politicization of the CIA. In corrupting the intelligence community the Bush Administration has put the nation at greater risk and hobbled an important government resource."

I think it's high time we start charging these blabbermouths with treason and lining them up against a wall.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-10-31 09:57|| 2006-10-31 09:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Apparently there were *no* politix being played at the George Bush Center for Intelligence until W took office.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-10-31 10:16|| 2006-10-31 10:16|| Front Page Top

#3 It was such a comfortable old boys club until that rat fink Bush pulled off 911.

Posted by ed 2006-10-31 10:21|| 2006-10-31 10:21|| Front Page Top

#4 CIA and DOS have been running a slow-motion coup since 2001. Padlock the buildings and furlowe the staff for the duration.

Posted by SR-71 2006-10-31 10:24|| 2006-10-31 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Although CIA censors prevented Tyler from naming specific countries, a careful reader can easily pick out who is who.

This was not an easy book for Tyler to write. He genuinely liked Tenet and was not about to tell tales out of school.

Gosh! Its almost as if Larry C. Johnson knows Tyler Drumheller.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-10-31 11:33|| 2006-10-31 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Bush should have sacked Tennet after 9/11 on general principals. The replacement should have been told to clean freaking house and they should have dumped half the CIA. The Patriot Act should have been written to make it possible to remove entrenched idiots in government.

State should have been gutted as well. Anyone associated with the Visa Express program should have been tarred and feathered and threatened with being put on trial for gross neglegence leading to a threat to the nation.

Bush's main problem is he's reluctant to fire people. He trusts too much. He trusted Arafat and Putin, need I say more.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-10-31 14:31|| 2006-10-31 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 The CIA was highly political when I was in DC in 1980. That's one reason I keep denying a friend of mine's request that I come work for him. Even the military portion of DIA was somewhat politicized, but not as badly. Yes, it's time to do some serious house-cleaning, but the CIA is only the tip of the iceberg. The entire Washington bureaucracy needs to be purged. Our government would run a lot smoother, and at half the cost, if there was a thorough house-cleaning. DC stands for "Deep Cleaning" required.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-31 15:19|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-31 15:19|| Front Page Top

#8 OP I was at NSA in the 1980s and they were VERY political (against Reagan). If CIA was half as bad then a house cleaning is LONG overdue. I am still waiting for someone to point to the greatest intelligence success in the late 20th century. Its almost like they were not even trying to protect the U.S.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-10-31 17:36|| 2006-10-31 17:36|| Front Page Top

#9 CyberSarge - I worked at the Navy Yard in an AF billet. Met with the CIA folks daily. Most there (NPIC/NISC/???) were less political, but the beasts out at Langley were too much to deal with. I would rather remain here in Co Springs than go to DC for any kind of job, period. That includes anything but Head Mercenary in the housecleaning.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-10-31 18:57|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-10-31 18:57|| Front Page Top

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