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Originally posted by Cowperson+Aug 15 2004, 04:40 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Aug 15 2004, 04:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Displaced Flames fan@Aug 15 2004, 03:18 AM
Too funny. Do you really think Michael Moore gave you the WHOLE story?
Porter Goss was a CIA operative. Porter Goss has been involved in Congressional intelligence matters for years.
Could Porter Goss be a CIA operative today? No. He lacks the language and high tech skills today's operatives need. That's clearly what he was saying.
Does he need language and high tech skills to direct the agency? Hardly.
I don't know if the guy is the best man for the job or not, but you guys clearly didn't get the whole story before laughing at the Bush administration and trotting out your slam dunk comments.
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Very interesting!! And, obviously, I'm the last guy here who should be called a Michael Moore fan!!
Got a link to that Porter Goss history thing?
Cowperson [/b][/quote]
Dis is correct. Goss was a CIA spook for a decade. That much is true. But we can't overlook the fact that he was in charge of over-sight with the agency and did nothing, but write a scathing one page summary, of the agencies short comings. Is he a good selection? Depends on your motivations? If you're looking for a milquetoast leader to continue the incompetant politically driven management of a very capable technical intelligence gathering body, then Goss is probably your man. If you're looking for someone who has the balls to take the bull by the horns and fix what is broken (kicking ass and taking names) then you might consider a stronger candidate. MSNBC, Newsweek, the Post and such have all done stories about Goss in the past year.
BTW... did anyone see that the Montreal Gazette ran a story on September 5th, 2001 quoting Gary Hart (yes, the same Gary Hart that was working on intelligence oversight at the time) as saying that (and I paraphrase) America was going to be hit by a terrorist attack and thousands would die as a result? He also added that senior Whitehouse officials had been briefed just days before September 11th in regards to the seriousness of the threat. More proof that the Whitehouse knew what was happening the morning of September 11th. Nawww, probably not. Probably just more liberal media spin of the events that took place.