Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Three easy pieces
All via truthout.org
Ray McGovern
Bolton’s confirmation hearings provide an eerie flashback to the challenge that Robert Gates encountered in 1991 during his Senate hearings in late 1991, after President George H. W. Bush nominated him to be CIA director. The parallels are striking. The nomination of Gates, who as head of CIA analysis had earned a reputation among the analysts for cooking intelligence to the recipe of high policy and promoting those who cooperated, brought a revolt among the most experienced intelligence professionals. ...After Gates was confirmed, many bright analysts who scored high on integrity quit rather than take part in cooking "intelligence-to-go." In contrast, those inspired by Gates’ example and his meteoric career followed suit and saw their careers flourish. This explains why, in Sept. 2002 when the White House asked Tenet and his senior managers to prepare a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) parroting what Vice President Dick Cheney had been saying about the weapons-of-mass-destruction threat from Iraq, these malleable careerists caved in...
George Voinovich, quoted in the NYT "In these dangerous times, we cannot afford to put at risk our nation's ability to successfully wage and win the war on terror with a controversial and ineffective ambassador to the United Nations," Mr. Voinovich wrote. He urged colleagues to "put aside our partisan agenda and let our consciences and our shared commitment to our nation's best interests guide us."
This is an era in which hollow men (and women, Condi) are exalted and the best and most decent are forced to resign in shame.
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George Voinovich, Real Man.
Note that he broke the Unwritten Law: The one that states that Only Democrats Can Be Described As 'Partisan'.
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Note that he broke the Unwritten Law: The one that states that Only Democrats Can Be Described As 'Partisan'.
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