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The Yes-Man.

Morale at the CIA, already low after several years during which it was accused of a series of intelligence failures, has reached rock-bottom since Porter Goss came to the agency as director in September 2004. Since Goss took over, sources say, between 30 and 90 senior CIA officials have left, and o...

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Published in:American Prospect Vol. 16; no. 11; pp. 18 - 25
Main Author: Dreyfuss, Robert
Format: Article
Published: American Prospect November 2005
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      ab: Morale at the CIA, already low after several years during which it was accused of a series of intelligence failures, has reached rock-bottom since Porter Goss came to the agency as director in September 2004. Since Goss took over, sources say, between 30 and 90 senior CIA officials have left, and others, unable to retire, have reluctantly stayed on. Moreover, the agency's vaunted Near East Division, which spearheaded simultaneous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and on terror, has been decimated. Goss has prioritized blocking damaging leaks of information about CIA intelligence reports that ran contrary to the government's rosy optimism about Iraq and U.S. counterterrorism efforts, and he has clamped down on dissenting views and radically politicized the CIA's leadership. Worse, according to former agency officials, he has allowed the dismantling of the CIA itself. A comprehensive account of the agency's transition is presented.
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