Blogcritics: Comments on Bush announces CIA Chief appointee

Comment by Shark

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:34:52 EDT

Sorry, typo should have been: "Get the Dems to OPPOSE Goss..."

Comment by Shark

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:33:55 EDT

These cynical bastards in the Bush administration never cease to amaze me. This was done for ONE reason: Get the Dems to Goss so that if a terrorist attack occurs, they can use that against Kerry et al. "They held up the appointment of the head of the CIA! Traitors! Terrorist-coddlers!" They either get their little facist, homophobic neo-nazi as head of the CIA, or they get a big boo-boo on the Dems part. It's a win-win, but bottom line, as usual, is that they could care less about the future health of this nation -- and are more interested in maintaining power.

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:50:02 EDT

From Reuters A day after Bush picked Goss for the top U.S. spy job, [Michael] Moore on Wednesday released an excerpt from a March 3 interview in which the 65-year-old former House of Representatives intelligence chief recounts his lack of qualifications for employment as a modern CIA staffer. "I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably," Goss is quoted in an interview transcript. "And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day: 'Dad you got to get better on your computer.' Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have." Goss, who served with the CIA clandestine services in Latin America and Europe in the 1960s, was not immediately available for comment.

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:33:32 EDT

One problem with Goss is that he has spent 6 or 7 years heading up the House intelligence oversight committee and we know how effective that has been from the 9/11 Commission report. He's part of the problem. I also think that this was a poor time to make the appointment, although it will take some focus off Bush in the run-up to the election. The thinking in the White House may be that "we slip him into the CIA now, then make him the impartial (hahahahaha) National Intelligence Director after Bush is re-elected." Of course, neither may come to pass.

Comment by RJ

Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:56:00 EDT

He is highly qualified for this position, and will almost certainly fly through Senate confirmation hearings with little or no trouble.