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"Morale at the CIA has been shaken to its foundation."
small dead animals — "Morale at the CIA has been shaken to its foundation." Former CIA director Porter J. Goss Since leaving my post as CIA director almost three years ago, I have remained largely silent on the public stage. I am speaking out now because I feel our government has crossed the red line between properly protecting our national security and trying to gain partisan political advantage. We can't have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets. Americans have to decide now. Posted by Kate at April 25, 2009 3:08 PM

Goss Escalates War with Pelosi, Harman
Daily Kos — ... Former CIA director Porter Goss takes to the op-ed page of WaPo with a shrill screed about the damage done to America's national security now that our dirty torture secrets hae been revealed. "We have given our enemy invaluable information about the rules by which we operate." That argument has been debunked over and over--the information was out regardless of the release of the memos, but more importantly, Goss's and Bush's "rules" are no longer the rules by which we operate. ...

Porter Goss: “Disturbing epidemic of amnesia” plaguing Democrats on memos
Sister Toldjah — This one’s gonna leave a mark: A disturbing epidemic of amnesia seems to be plaguing my former colleagues on Capitol Hill. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, members of the committees charged with overseeing our nation’s intelligence services had no higher priority than stopping al-Qaeda. In the fall of 2002, while I was chairman of the House intelligence committee, senior members of Congress were briefed on the CIA’s “High Value Terrorist Program,” including the ...

Security Before Politics
The New Editor — Former Republican congressman and CIA Director Porter Goss on what Congress knew about the interrogation of terrorists: Let me be clear. It is my recollection that: -- The chairs and the ranking minority members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, known as the Gang of Four, were briefed that the CIA was holding and interrogating high-value terrorists. -- We understood what the CIA was doing. -- We gave the CIA our bipartisan support. -- We gave the CIA funding to carry out its activities. -- On a ...

Why Doesn't the Left Call for Pelosi's Resignation?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... adviser, called for the impeachment of federal judge Jay Bybee, who signed off on the memos while at the Justice Department. "Bybee has neither the legal nor moral authority to sit in judgment of others," Podesta wrote in a letter to House judiciary chairman John Conyers. So here's the question: How does Nancy Pelosi retain the moral authority to remain in Congress, let alone serve as speaker of the House? Based on the 2007 Washington Post story, Porter Goss's testimony, and the latest CIA memo--which reports Pelosi was ...

Murdock: Loose Lips Seal Lips
Articles on National Review Online — ... , Vice President Joe Biden disclosed the classified location of the undisclosed location where former veep Dick Cheney retreated during emergencies and where, presumably, Biden would hide. Americans obviously cannot shut up. Consequently, experts warn, today s blabocracy impedes foreign intelligence sharing. Paradoxically, loose lips seal lips. We can t keep having a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets, former CIA director Porter Goss wrote on April 25 in the Washington Post . Our intelligence allies overseas view our inability to maintain ...