Killing the CIA 
(Cross Posted at My Left Wing)
For anyone interested, there's an excellent summary article by Sydney Blumenthal for Salon which has been crossposted and available to the general public at Spiegel Online in its entirety.
It's a very concise compendium from 9/11 to the present which outlines the Bush Administration's war on, and likely victory over the CIA. If you're like me, and it's hard to keep track of the daily scandals and transgressions without a dance card, this is a nice summary which will get you up to speed in no time...
Blumenthal sort of concludes that the CIA is now "Mission Accomplished"; destroyed and marginalized beyond repair, and I agree IMHO... all to cover for Bush's decision to cut brush in Crawford one week in August rather than lead a country...
Blumenthal concludes:
No president has ever before ruined an agency at the heart of national security out of pique and vengeance. The manipulation of intelligence by political leadership demands ever tightened control. But political purges provide only temporary relief from the widening crisis of policy failure.
KEYWORDS: Sydney Blumenthal, George Bush, Porter Goss, CIA
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