Isn't This Hurting The Troops?
As the AP reports, CIA Director Peter Goss resigns. CNN says the CIA was taken by surprise with this anouncement. Because of speculation that it may be tied to Duke Cunningham's bribery scandal (which now includes prostitutes) the media seems to be downplaying the whole ordeal (a story about a Kennedy being in a car accident seems more newsworthy for some reason).
But hold on...wasn't one of Bush's defenses of Donald Rumsfeld "losing Rummy would hurt the war on terror?" Wouldn't losing the the CIA Director do the same thing? Or is it, as long as Rumsfeld is just lying and screwing up war strategies, and not taking bribes and having sex with hookers, he can stay?
I think the other side is this: if Goss was involved in the Cunningham bribery scandal, that means that (potentially) the CIA Director for the United States of America was being bribed (whether by women, men, money or a trip to Cancun doesn't matter). That, my friends, is a serious breach in national security.
UPDATE: I may have mispoke. Apparently, Goss liked to micromanage. So, if any of his aides/subordinates were being bribed, that is alos a serious breach in national security.
But hold on...wasn't one of Bush's defenses of Donald Rumsfeld "losing Rummy would hurt the war on terror?" Wouldn't losing the the CIA Director do the same thing? Or is it, as long as Rumsfeld is just lying and screwing up war strategies, and not taking bribes and having sex with hookers, he can stay?
I think the other side is this: if Goss was involved in the Cunningham bribery scandal, that means that (potentially) the CIA Director for the United States of America was being bribed (whether by women, men, money or a trip to Cancun doesn't matter). That, my friends, is a serious breach in national security.
UPDATE: I may have mispoke. Apparently, Goss liked to micromanage. So, if any of his aides/subordinates were being bribed, that is alos a serious breach in national security.
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