Director Moore Quotes Goss on Lack of CIA Credentials

[dissention]

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Director Moore Quotes Goss on Lack of CIA Credentials

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By David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, President Bush (news - web sites)'s nominee for CIA (news - web sites) director, could be his own worst enemy when it comes to making the case that he deserves to lead the U.S. intelligence agency.

"I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified," the Florida Republican told documentary-maker Michael Moore's production company during the filming of the anti-Bush movie "Fahrenheit 9/11."

A day after Bush picked Goss for the top U.S. spy job, Moore Wednesday released an excerpt from a March 3 interview in which the 65-year-old former House of Representatives intelligence chief recounts his lack of qualifications for employment as a modern CIA staffer.

"I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably," Goss is quoted in an interview transcript.

"And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day: 'Dad you got to get better on your computer.' Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have."

Goss, who served with the CIA clandestine services in Latin America and Europe in the 1960s, was not immediately available for comment.

The White House dismissed the Moore interview transcript as "ridiculous hearsay" and emphasized the depth of bipartisan respect for Goss on Capitol Hill.

[Patti]

It'll be interesting to see how "they" spin that!

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Patti

It'll be interesting to see how "they" spin that!

If you think that's bad, check this out:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nominee119_xml

Bush/Cheney Attack Their Own CIA Nominee

Cheney Attacked Intelligence Proposal that Porter Goss Voted For, Helped Write. Both the House and the Senate voted on bills that were essentially the same as the proposal the Administration is criticizing Senator Kerry for. The amendment passed the House with the support of Porter Goss - in fact, Goss was on the conference committee that wrote the final bill. The bill stripped the intelligence budget of its pet projects and pork, and shift our intelligence from the cold war to the threat of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The bill passed the Senate with a bipartisan voice vote. (9/29/1995: Proposed by Senator Coats for Senator Specter. Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote; H.Rept. 104-427; HR1655; Became Public Law No: 104-93)

[strandinthewind]

according to today's New York Times, the D will not oppose him. IMO they would be foold to unless he was just horrible because their opposition could be seen as the same as not voting for the Patriot Act - and we all saw how that helped the D's two years ago

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

according to today's New York Times, the D will not oppose him. IMO they would be foold to unless he was just horrible because their opposition could be seen as the same as not voting for the Patriot Act - and we all saw how that helped the D's two years ago

Strategically, the Dems coudn't oppose the guy. Unfortunate, but true. The mainstream media will not pick up those quotes I posted above and they won't pick up the fact that the Bush administration opposed the guy.

[Patti]

Originally Posted by dissention

If you think that's bad, check this out:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nominee119_xml

Bush/Cheney Attack Their Own CIA Nominee

Cheney Attacked Intelligence Proposal that Porter Goss Voted For, Helped Write. Both the House and the Senate voted on bills that were essentially the same as the proposal the Administration is criticizing Senator Kerry for. The amendment passed the House with the support of Porter Goss - in fact, Goss was on the conference committee that wrote the final bill. The bill stripped the intelligence budget of its pet projects and pork, and shift our intelligence from the cold war to the threat of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The bill passed the Senate with a bipartisan voice vote. (9/29/1995: Proposed by Senator Coats for Senator Specter. Agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote; H.Rept. 104-427; HR1655; Became Public Law No: 104-93)

Man I hate this administration more and more every day and I didn't think that was possible!