Update
Fareed Zakaria is just as concerned about Iran as I am. The reason I mention this is because the guy is brilliant, and anyone who wants to discuss modern politics really should read his book.
Also, Bush's apointee for the head of the CIA is creepy. Don't get me wrong, we need an ass kicking, risk taking CIA, but the guy, Goss, wants to let the CIA spy in the US, which would be an actual theeat to civil liberties. The 9/11 Commisison fortunaetly rejected an MI5 type agency, but missed the real problem. There are 15+ intelligence agencies spread over 3 departments. We don't need to coordinate them, we need to eliminate them. Except for specialty agencies (i.e. the guys that run the spy satalites should be independant and neutral) eliminate all of these agencies except for 3, the CIA, FBI, and the NSA. The CIA is relatively unrestricted but it totally prohibited from working inside the US. The FBI does what it does now (and what the DEA, ATF ect. does), and the NSA is in charge of crosschecking between the two, but can't run its own operations.
This goss guy sounds like the ype we need, someone who isn't afraid of transformation and risk taking, but this bit pushed him passed the creepy point.
Also, Bush's apointee for the head of the CIA is creepy. Don't get me wrong, we need an ass kicking, risk taking CIA, but the guy, Goss, wants to let the CIA spy in the US, which would be an actual theeat to civil liberties. The 9/11 Commisison fortunaetly rejected an MI5 type agency, but missed the real problem. There are 15+ intelligence agencies spread over 3 departments. We don't need to coordinate them, we need to eliminate them. Except for specialty agencies (i.e. the guys that run the spy satalites should be independant and neutral) eliminate all of these agencies except for 3, the CIA, FBI, and the NSA. The CIA is relatively unrestricted but it totally prohibited from working inside the US. The FBI does what it does now (and what the DEA, ATF ect. does), and the NSA is in charge of crosschecking between the two, but can't run its own operations.
This goss guy sounds like the ype we need, someone who isn't afraid of transformation and risk taking, but this bit pushed him passed the creepy point.