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2004-10-23 Home Front: Politix

Goss plans post-election (and much-needed) purge of the CIA old guard

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-10-23 12:28:59 AM|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder how much of this CIA-White House feud is due to Clinton-era appointments and is a simple Democrat-Republican feud. Then too, a lot of government employees are Democrats simply because the Democrats are the party of government.

Posted by V is for Victory 2004-10-23 7:41:04 AM|| 2004-10-23 7:41:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 V,
At least the parts of the gov I am familiar with, the security departments tend Republican while the socal welfare folks tend Democrat. The CIA may be different and has a reputation for being politicized. Didn't the CIA recruit heavily from NE Ivy League schools? And couldn't this early indoctrination be the basis for their political leanings?

Posted by ed 2004-10-23 8:04:00 AM|| 2004-10-23 8:04:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 When I was an Ivy League student (Penn, class of '74), I do remember certain of my classmates being recruited.

Posted by V is for Victory 2004-10-23 8:21:04 AM|| 2004-10-23 8:21:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 All I can say is...

About

Friggen

Time

!!!!

Some of it is Demo partisan ship, much of it is NE Snobbishness and "empire building" by execs who never did field duty nor analysis, and were "managers" from the late 1980's under Bush-I onward (got worse under Clinton, many things were polticised and got that jsutified because "the cold war is over").

Posted by OldSpook 2004-10-23 1:01:46 PM|| 2004-10-23 1:01:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Amen and Hallelujah. The CIA finally being on our side would be a good thing.

Posted by Mac Suirtain 2004-10-23 2:28:58 PM|| 2004-10-23 2:28:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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