You might be right about the CIA, not sure. But if Bush can't fix it who can?
Dana On 7/26/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is exactly what I am saying. Look at the law. The President only has > direct control over a very limited number of people in any of the > bureaucracies. The appointees can tansfer people they don't like to other > groups, etc., but their power is limited. > > And believe me, the people inside differentiate between the President's > people (appointees) and their people (civil servants). Most of these folks > are just regular people, but the culture of the bureaucracies sometimes > encourages them to work against the President, and there isn't a whole lot to > be done about it. > > Picking good appointees is a big part of success. When insiders talk about > Tom Ridge's failure at Homeland Security and Michael Chertoff's success, what > they are talking about is how Ridge didn't understand how the DC > bureaucracies work, and Chertoff does, and so he has been better at getting > them to do what needs to be done. > > As for the CIA, Tenet seems like he was a disaster, but it's hard to tell > with a secret agency. The new head of the CIA, Porter Goss, is a guy that the > President picked specifically to go in and clean house. If you remember, a > number of very senior CIA officials resigned right after he started, and > others were moved to different areas. I believe that Goss' appointment is the > final payback, if you will, in this whole nasty fight between the White House > and the CIA. It's the Persident's way of saying, "Mess with the bull and you > get the horns,", and Porter Goss is the horns. > > So the President has done basically everything he can do to reign in the CIA. > How much difference that makes, who knows? > > > As for the CIA, are those civil service positions? Are you saying > > that > > the agency is wholely unaccountable to the president? I find it > > strangely hard to believe that an executive branch agency is out of > > the control of the president. > > > > Dana > > > > > What EXACTLY was his error? Allowing Rove to be a policy advisor? > > Hardly an impeachable offense given that the President is allowed to > > choose his own advisors. Just because you don't like his choice > > doesn't make it wrong. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166697 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
