For those who have complained that the CIA has lost it's human intelligence focus, this is good news.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush on Tuesday nominated Rep. Porter Goss of Florida to head the CIA amid terror and tumult, saying the former undercover operative "knows the CIA inside and out" and can bolster its spy network.Goss has been saying that the intelligence community was unprepared for the new terrorist threat for a long time. In this Frontline interview from September 2001 Goss calls for a new emphasis on qualified personnel to infiltrate terrorist organizations and analysts who can decode and understand the information gathered by electronic and other surveillance methods.
"He is well prepared for this mission," the president said of Goss, chairman of the House intelligence committee who was an Army intelligence operative before joining the CIA the 1960s. "He's the right man to lead and support the agency at this critical moment in our nation's history."Goss, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, had been mentioned prominently in speculation about a successor to departed CIA Director George Tenet, who left amid a torrent of criticism of the agency's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq.
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If the Senate doesn't confi... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Kathy K | August 10, 2004 11:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If the Senate doesn't confirm him, I'm going to be one pissed off bellicose woman. He's absolutely the best man for that job.
1. Posted by Kathy K | August 10, 2004 11:37 AM |
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Posted on August 10, 2004 11:37
2. Posted by Ghost of a flea | August 10, 2004 2:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Better late than never.
2. Posted by Ghost of a flea | August 10, 2004 2:30 PM |
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Posted on August 10, 2004 14:30
3. Posted by Mark Kraft | August 12, 2004 9:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
During the making of Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore interviewed Porter Goss, who Bush recently tapped to run the CIA. What did Porter Goss say then regarding his qualifications?
"It is true I was a case officer, clandestine services officer, and yes, I do understand the core mission of the business. But I couldn't get a job with the CIA today. I am not qualified. I don't have the language skills. You know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably, and I certainly don't have the technical skills, as my children remind me every day. "Daddy, Daddy, you gotta get better on your computer." And so the things you need to have, I don't have."
The video is located at http://www.michaelmoore.com/_media/qt/goss_2.mov.
3. Posted by Mark Kraft | August 12, 2004 9:14 PM |
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Posted on August 12, 2004 21:14