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--- Begin Message --- -Caveat Lector-A Softy for the CIA
August 11, 2004
Congressional Democrats complain that Rep. Porter J. Goss, whom President Bush nominated Tuesday to head the CIA, isn't a good choice because he's been sniping at presidential candidate John F. Kerry. They're wrong. The chief problem with Goss, a Florida Republican, isn't that he's too partisan. It's that Goss has been a patsy for the agency he's now supposed to rebuild.
Goss has glittering credentials. The Yale-graduate-turned-CIA-operative amassed considerable experience in covert operations during the 1960s. But the nostalgic haze through which he views the days of the good old boys at the CIA distorted his work with the agency in Congress. As head of the House Intelligence Committee, Goss was responsible for congressional oversight of the CIA before Sept. 11, or, more precisely, the lack of it. He's been a tenacious defender of the CIA's perks and privileges and shielded it from any real scrutiny.
Sure, in the committee's June report on intelligence failures, Goss fired off a thunderous and unexpected blast against his old buddy, George J. Tenet, for failing to reform the CIA and tolerating slipshod analyses. But where was Goss before it became politically convenient to backstab Tenet? Why wasn't he grilling CIA officials about their Iraq assessments and lack of spies in the ranks of Al Qaeda?
Goss' passivity suits Bush perfectly. He won't challenge the president. He won't fire any senior staff. Most likely, he won't do much of anything. Goss, who has lobbied furiously for the job, including carrying water for the administration by attacking Kerry, would be happy simply to get the post.
If Bush had more self-confidence, he would have selected someone who would start reforming the CIA, which would mean on occasion challenging the president. A number of candidates spring to mind. Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean, a Republican who heads the 9/11 commission, certainly grasps what needs doing and would move aggressively to improve the CIA's work. So would Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) or Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), both with distinguished and long service on Senate foreign affairs and intelligence matters. Both are independent thinkers ready to argue their points, traits that have made Lugar persona non grata with the right wing of his own party.
Others on the "mentioned" list who should have been ahead of Goss were Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and 9/11 commission member and former Navy Secretary John F. Lehman. Unlike Goss, both have experience running bureaucracies.
In nominating his fellow Yalie, Bush declared that Goss knows the agency "inside and out." Indeed he does. Unfortunately, Goss loves the CIA not wisely but too well.AL MARTIN
Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) and Patriot II Skullduggery
Tue Aug 10, 2004 14:20
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Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) and Patriot II Skullduggery
CIA Shill Porter Goss: HR3179 Expands Patriot II
by CONSPIRACY PLANET
In his column, "The M3 Money Supply Story: A New Twist, Rep. Porter Goss (R-FL) and Patriot II Skullduggery," political analyst Al Martin details the sordid history of former CIA operative Porter Goss, who is on the short list to become the director of the CIA.
Goss (R-CIA) is the sponsor of HR-3179, the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003, previously known as Patriot II and the expansion of the USA Patriot (sic) Act, which would allow not only secret grand juries, but secret arrest of US citizens.
"And who is Porter Goss?" Martin asks. "Porter Goss, (R-FL) is surprise! a former CIA agent who left the CIA under clouded circumstances. He was a field agent but was actually forced out because of a trail of bodies that got tagged to him, literally, all over the world.
The rise of Porter Goss as a contender for DCI (Director of Central Intelligence) can be likened "to the crime family where the soldier rises from the street to become the capo, which has taken the hits over the years for his superiors in the organization," writes Al Martin, author of "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider.
"Of course, unlike an organized crime family, the difference between the Bushonian Cabal and your average, run-of-the-mill organized crime family is that the Cabal controls, not only the entire nation, but influences policy throughout the planet. They are above all laws and impervious to any action. By sponsoring this Patriot II Act, the implication is that he is continuing the Bushonian Cabal?s agenda.
"There are sinister implications in the fact that various provisions of the so-called Patriot II Act are being surreptitiously slipped into other legislation," Martin writes.
"Attorney General John Ashcroft has admitted as much, saying that it will be used to expand law enforcement powers 'upon the passage of all provisions of Patriot II.' This would lead one to believe that they?re going to try to break it up and slip it in. Otherwise he would have said, 'upon the passage of the act,' not 'all provisions.'
That gives you some clue as to what the Bushonian strategy is with the bill. Ashcroft then went on to say that he would sign a so-called ?Blanket Letter of National Security Findings,? which would make the issuance of secret arrest warrants possible and eliminate the need for law enforcement to request individual letters from the Department of Justice or relevant agencies regarding actions against groups or individuals. There are currently six bills pending in Congress that would take provisions from Patriot Act II -- HR-3179, the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003; HR-3037, Anti-Terrorism Tools Enhancement Act of 2003; HR2934 and S1604, Terrorist Penalties Enhancement Act of 2003; HR3040 and S1606, Pre-trial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003.
"The most sinister of these is HR3179, sponsored by Representative James Sensenbrenner and co-sponsored by the infamous/ sinister Porter Goss. And who is Porter Goss? Porter Goss, (R-FL) is surprise! a former CIA agent who left the CIA under clouded circumstances. He was a field agent but was actually forced out because of a trail of bodies that got tagged to him, literally, all over the world.
For the rest of the sordid history of Porter Goss and how this story ties in with the unprecedented powers granted to the Bush Cheney Regime through the USA Patriot Act I and Patriot Act II, subscribe to Al Martin Raw.com: Political, Economic and Financial Intelligence, just $6.95 per month for online subscription.
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* AL MARTIN is an independent financial, economic and political analyst with 25 years of experience as a trader on NYMEX, CME, CBOT and CFTC. As a former contributor to the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, Al Martin is considered to be a source of independent analysis for financially sophisticated and market savvy investors -- or those who want to increase their learning curve regarding the realities of today's global markets.
After working as a broker on Wall Street, Al Martin was involved in the so-called Iran Contra Affair as a fundraiser for the Bush Cabal from the covert side of government.
His memoir, "The Conspirators: Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider," provides an unprecedented look at the frauds of the Bush Cabal. His weekly column, "Behind the Scenes in the Beltway," is published weekly on Al Martin Raw.com, which also publishes a bimonthly newsletter called "Whistleblower Gazette."peace,Tom
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