[tobyhill]

You're probably right and the clean up may be bigger than Goss can handle? It's really not that bad of timing because they're close enough to summer recess and Bush can get someone in there under a recess appointment since any hearings the Rats will be double obstructionist.

[FreedomNeocon]

"There has been speculation that Mr Goss was not happy with the reduced access to the president he was afforded after the appointment of John Negroponte to oversee the work of all the intelligence agencies, our correspondent adds"

Negroponte SAT on the Saddam docs that jveritas has been translating for 2 YEARS. He released all kinds of statements about how they were useless, and maybe just a bit historically interesting, but worthless for anything else.

Then he was backed into a corner, told TO HIS FACE for the 4th time by Bush to release the documents, he did a 180, started saying he couldn't because of the intel they were being used to gain.

Still pushed, he FINALLY started releasing some at a time.

Now Goss leaves because Negroponte is keeping him from talking to Bush.

So the guy that was hiding the Saddam docs was ALSO keeping the guy that Bush appointed to clear out the riff-raff, from reporting in.

Yeah... someone REAAALY need to look into that guy.

[Paleo Conservative]

You're probably right and the clean up may be bigger than Goss can handle? It's really not that bad of timing because they're close enough to summer recess and Bush can get someone in there under a recess appointment since any hearings the Rats will be double obstructionist.

Tenet shoud have been fired on 9-12-2001. Goss should have been appointed the same day, and confirmed quickly. W is too nice most of the time.