[Siena Dreaming]

OK...George was not physically in the house. But a CIA Chief in the family. And Dubya doesn not know how the game is played?

Gimmee a break.

[WarEagle]

And Dubya doesn not know how the game is played?

He's got nice political acumen, but all the "CIA family" stuff is total BS. GHWB was CIA director for just over a year. He loved it and wanted to stay, but the grinning jackass from Georgia wanted his own man.

Prior to being CIA director, GHWB was a congressman and had several appointive jobs but absolutely nothing which would lead anyone to believe that he was in any way steeped or influenced by the CIA culture. What he knew/knows about playing the game comes from years as a Washington insider, which probably is better experience for playing the leak game than CIA.