enough political game-playing with national security
everybody seems to have forgotten exactly how it was that the current administration subverted the intelligence gathering and vetting process, effectively hijacking it through the us department of state and the us department of defence. no surprise the resulting intelligence (believe how it pains me to use that word in association with dubya's administration) was inadequate, inaccurate, if not outright false yet obviously construed to fit the political purpose of this blind president, leader of deaf cohorts and hawks.he has presented us this week with a most political of political appointments, just months before he is hopefully given a pink slip by the american people (except those shameful and reprehensible voters who will inevitably cast a vote against democracy and for bush & co), and expects confirmation and smooth sailing. how offensive can this man still be? he dares show that buffon's grin, vapid expression and attempts a few cohesive sentences to defend an indefensible appointment i hope america will reject loudly and clearly. porter goss can claim more cloak-and-dagger experience than most cia chiefs, having spent time in army intelligence as well as running spies for the cia in central america and, later, western europe and so the administration will attempt to steamroll his nomination and neutralise an already vocal opposition. goss must not be confirmed for there should be no more political game-playing with national security.
jay rockefeller, senior democrat on the senate intelligence committee said that the selection of a politician -- any politician from either party -- is a mistake, adding that having independent, objective intelligence going to the president and congress is fundamental to america's national security.
former cia director stansfield turner claimed it was «the worst appointment ever made» to the position and an attempt to win votes in the key battleground state of florida.
bush's decision to nominate mr goss is nothing but an attempt to get back on the front foot on intelligence, amid fresh reports of terrorist plots and the 11 september commission's claims that the president did not take the al-qaeda threat seriously enough.
sources: google news and the australian.
