It's Funny Until Someone Gets an Eye Poked Out
Little boys are so cute when they yield such great power.
A memo signed last week by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave
one of his top aides authority over efforts to improve intelligence
operations within the department, but it is being interpreted by some
senior intelligence officials as a challenge to the new director of
national intelligence, a position John D. Negroponte has been nominated
to fill.
[...]
Pentagon officials said the memo was an attempt to help facilitate
the work of the DNI, but some officials said it could allow Cambone to
interfere with the new intelligence chief by, for example, limiting the
information he gets from the Pentagon.
[...]
"It's a poke in the eye of the DNI before he takes office," said a
senior official in a defense agency who spoke on the condition of
anonymity for fear of retribution.
Call me crazy, but shouldn't our government appointed cronies be working together against the bad guys instead of against each other??
A memo signed last week by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gave
one of his top aides authority over efforts to improve intelligence
operations within the department, but it is being interpreted by some
senior intelligence officials as a challenge to the new director of
national intelligence, a position John D. Negroponte has been nominated
to fill.
[...]
Pentagon officials said the memo was an attempt to help facilitate
the work of the DNI, but some officials said it could allow Cambone to
interfere with the new intelligence chief by, for example, limiting the
information he gets from the Pentagon.
[...]
"It's a poke in the eye of the DNI before he takes office," said a
senior official in a defense agency who spoke on the condition of
anonymity for fear of retribution.
Call me crazy, but shouldn't our government appointed cronies be working together against the bad guys instead of against each other??
posted by cookie christine @ 4/08/2005
4 Comments:
At April 08, 2005,
Anonymous said…
Uh, you mean should these government officials be looking out for us rather than themselves? Like Clarke did after 9/11?
Dream a little dream for me.
At April 09, 2005,
Anonymous said…
Well, you know, these tough guys in the Bush administration just can't stop poking each other.
That's how you get a press pass, you know!
ricky
At April 09, 2005,
cookie christine said…
Good point Ricky!
No wonder Maureen Dowd can't get a press pass. She doesn't have the right equipment.
Go figure.
At April 09, 2005,
John Howard said…
shouldn't our government appointed cronies be working together against the bad guys instead of against each other??
Well, in their defense, it's kind of hard since they are the bad guys.
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