Reply #10: Some good reasons here [View All]

[G_j]

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=397

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Despite demurring in March over the prospect of a CIA job, it seems that Goss changed his mind as the months wore on. That he did “not want” the CIA post, however, seems to have little to do with his own concerns over his qualifications; in actual fact, he seems to have his sights set on a much bigger goal – the proposed new office of “intelligence czar:”

“…In June, Goss proposed making the CIA director the intelligence czar, with control over the CIA, responsibility for advising the president and budget authority over all 15 U.S. intelligence agencies. Critics dubbed his legislation the ‘CIA takeover bill.’ The 9/11 Commission said the three jobs are too much for one official.

Given his relationship with Bush and his views about empowering the CIA chief, it is unlikely that Goss would have said yes to the job only to have a more powerful intelligence official between himself and Bush. White House spokesman Scott McClellan did not rule out the possibility that Goss would eventually become the intelligence czar.”

Oh, now that’s a great idea – give a 65 year-old man with language and computer skills appropriate for the World War II era an intelligence post of unprecedented power in 2004 America. It becomes especially scary when considering that one of the first worries over such a post is a potential lack of accountability on the part of the czar who, after all, would have to answer only to the president. If that president is good buddy Bush, we can say goodbye to any thought of accountability.

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