This is some seriously scary shit...
I found out about this from the blog Daily KOS, a watchdog site that's a great daily read if you're interested in political reform and issues affecting the Dems.
The following is the meat and potatoes from the Newsday story.
WASHINGTON -- The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to knowledgeable sources. "The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency and to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president's agenda."
If there's truth to this story, I'm sure the blogs will be all over this in the coming days. I sincerely hope that our nation's government has not fallen this far off the deep end. If so, I might actually join others in seeking refuge in the Great White North. Poor circulation and a distate for scarves aside, I'm willing to sacrifice some climate for a little more sanity from my nation's gov. But before we all jump to conclusions, check out this Salon article for a good read on Canada's political climate from a former American living in BC. (Gotta watch a quick advert first, but it's worth the brief wait.)
The following is the meat and potatoes from the Newsday story.
WASHINGTON -- The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter Goss, to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to President George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to knowledgeable sources. "The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said a former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency and to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the president's agenda."
If there's truth to this story, I'm sure the blogs will be all over this in the coming days. I sincerely hope that our nation's government has not fallen this far off the deep end. If so, I might actually join others in seeking refuge in the Great White North. Poor circulation and a distate for scarves aside, I'm willing to sacrifice some climate for a little more sanity from my nation's gov. But before we all jump to conclusions, check out this Salon article for a good read on Canada's political climate from a former American living in BC. (Gotta watch a quick advert first, but it's worth the brief wait.)