CIA plans to purge its agency of Bush disloyalists

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: November 14, 2004 9:39:17 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: CIA plans to purge its agency of Bush disloyalists


CIA plans to purge its agency
Sources say White House has ordered new chief to eliminate officers who  
were
disloyal to Bush

November 14, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter  
Goss,
to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to  
President
George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the
conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to
knowledgeable sources.

"The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said  
a
former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency  
and
to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those
soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White  
House
as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the  
president's
agenda."

One of the first casualties appears to be Stephen R. Kappes, deputy  
director
of clandestine services, the CIA's most powerful division. The  
Washington
Post reported yesterday that Kappes had tendered his resignation after a
confrontation with Goss' chief of staff, Patrick Murray, but at the  
behest
of the White House had agreed to delay his decision till tomorrow.


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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny- 
uscia1114,0,4055608,print.
story?coll=ny-top-headlines


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