Leading the CIA
Posted by Moonage on 08 May 2006 | Tagged as: Fed Policy
The CIA has been dogged by colossal failures that have pretty much determined the the entire political landscape of the 21st century to this point. While I was getting funked this weekend, Bush canned another civilian leader of the civilian agency and nominated a current military guy.
Congressman Peter Hoekstra immediately jumped in line with the Democrats in denouncing Bush’s selection citing "We should not have a military person leading a civilian agency at this time."
My question is, why not? Hoekstra continues with "There’s ongoing tensions between this premiere civilian intelligence agency and DOD as we speak. And I think putting a general in charge regardless of how good Mike is, putting a general in charge is going to send the wrong signal through the agency here in Washington, but also to our agents in the field around the world."
I completely disagree with Hoekstra on this point. It’s sending a STRONG message to the agents in the field that Bush is totally fed up their concerning themselves with turf protection and political games at the expense of doing what they’re supposed to be doing, such as nailing Bin Laden. The CIA have been marked by nothing but failures for five years, and we are supposed to worry about "sending the wrong message" to them in the form of a disciplinarian? I think Hoekstra needs to join them in their time out. Get us a major victory, CIA, and THEN we’ll loosen the reins again. Until then, send in the military and straighten them out.
- Technorati CIA, Peter Hoekstra, Michael Hayden
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