When will the CIA put Richard Perle down?

[burythehatchet]

For all the ill feelings that Richard Perle elicits among many of us here, what is truly remarkable that he lays the blame for the entire spectrum of US foreign policy failure at he feet of the CIA.

While I am no great fan of the CIA, I think I know enough to realize that Perle's assessment on this issue is, as was his assessment of post-war Iraq, complete horseshit.

Anyone want to guess when the CIA shuts this bastard up?

[jbfam4]

1. Will be interesting to watch.......

The CIA should have done it long ago.

[Catfish]

2. I think it's very odd

that this admin. seems to have no fear of the intelligence community. From making the CIA director the scapegoat on the Niger matter to the Plame affair to Perle trashing them they seem totally unconcerned that they are making some powerful enemies. I don't remember any other administration doing this.

[burythehatchet]

3. Well that's the wierd thing

especially in view of Poppy's ownership of the CIA. Remember it was he who took over the "shadow" CIA when Jimmy Carter decided to downsize the scale of intelligence ops and let a bunch of the spooks go.

I dunno, maybe this is a coordinated attack against the "establishment" CIA, in favor of the shadow intel agencies.

[Catfish]

4. yes

I was thinking about that recently. Didn't the CIA name a building or honor Poppy in some way during recent years? Dubya doesn't seem at all influenced by his Dad, it's almost as if he's acting out some form of rebellion and going against his policies. That or he's so totally captured by Cheney and his minions that he is oblivious.

Anyway, I am curious if there will be some CIA payback for Perle and others.

[Benhurst]

5. I think the main headquarters are named after him. n/t

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[WhoCountsTheVotes]

7. analysis vs. operations - here's the bad news folks

The CIA is staffed to the gills with well educated, ultra-bright, cosmopolitan, mostly decent human beings - on the "analysis" side. They take raw data, try to find some sense in it, come up with ideas, plans and contingencies.

The operations side does stuff - that's the side Bush "controls" or at least has some influence in.

Bush is not afraid of the experts in the analysis side of the CIA, and the ops people ARE his side. That's why he's not afraid.

[burythehatchet]

8. Interesting point

makes alot of sense

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