Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 06/08/2010 11:38:15 AM PDT by NoLibZone
WASHINGTON -- More than a year after the CIA's inspector general stepped down, frustrated members of Congress are urging the White House to fill the internal watchdog position that was central in uncovering abuses inside the spy agency. Several possible candidates have fallen by the wayside despite assurances from the Obama administration that a nominee will be chosen soon. The pressure from Congress comes as the administration is contending with concerns about its intelligence structure. A spate of failed terrorist attacks since December exposed flaws in the intelligence community's oversight. The administration also faces congressional unease over its new nominee for national intelligence director, James R. Clapper, after the forced resignation of the previous director, Dennis Blair. The government's inspectors general root out corruption, fraud and other abuses that rarely surface otherwise. Because the CIA's activities are mostly conducted in secrecy, the position is of special value. "I am disturbed that it has not been filled up to this point," said Fred Hitz, who served as the CIA inspector general for eight years until 1998. "I am wondering what is going on." The CIA's previous inspector general, John Helgerson, showed the post's influence by investigating detainee deaths and abuses and reviewing the agency's harsh Bush-era interrogation program and use of secret prisons around the world. Helgerson left in March 2009 and later retired. His deputy, Patricia A. Lewis, had served as acting inspector general until federal law forced her to return to her old post. She continues to run the office in the deputy position.
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CIA Goes 14 Months Without Internal Watchdog
What did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it?
The list, ping
Any Inspector general who does not report as Obama wants things reported will get fired. He has alredy proved that and no one did squat.
he will appoint a lap dog. Just as well off without one.
From the little I know, the CIA is mostly staffed with honorable people: the antithesis of Obama-types.
They must be suffering.
Bump!
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