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Originally posted by RocHard
Stop your bitching. We lost, and Bush remains in office. Get over it.
The CIA works directly for the White House - and must support it's leader at all times. I don't always agree with my boss, but at the end of the day I do what I'm told - and I don't go behind his back leaking info. If I did that I would expect to fired too. Employees of the CIA do not dictate policy and have no right to attempt to sway public opinion.
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That's completely wrong, the intelligence community is not supposed to be partisan, ever. This has nothing to do with Bush winning the election. People are supposed to be able to produce information that says, ahem, Mr. President, it's entirely possible that Iraq does not have WMD. They're supposed to be around for decades protecting America, not getting switched around every time there's a White House change. You want a new CIA director every 4 years, and a completely new staff? "Sorry guys, I know you're close to catching Bin Laden, but the dems won this year, and you're all fired". Not everything works like Crossfire on CNN. This unprecedented action is the worst thing that could possibly happen in the fight against terrorists.
If information wasn't made public, 80% not 50% of Americans would still think Iraq had WMD.