Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Bush: CIA must grow by 50%
Bush: CIA must grow by 50%. Despite all the protestations of support for the "Intelligence Reform" bill stuck in Congress, it appears that Georgie really isn't all that interested in seeing the bill pass. The LA Times and The Guardian are reporting that "President George Bush has ordered a historic expansion of the CIA, increasing the number of the agency's spies and analysts by half in an attempt to improve its effectiveness in the pursuit of terrorists." Georgie, in the same memo, reportedly "ordered a 90-day study into the feasibility of transferring the CIA's paramilitary operations to the Pentagon." Now it appears to this Crank that if you're giving the newly appointed director of the CIA "90 days to draw up a budget and plan" to overhaul the spy agency and also looking into transfering some responsibilities to another government agency that it stands to reason that you're not really all that interested in seeing the "Intelligence Reform" bill passing. I mean, if you expected the intelligence bill to pass and there to be a new national intelligence director wouldn't you already have that person lined up and wouldn't you just wait for the bill to pass and then write a memo to that person? Of course you would, but then you're not Georgie and you'd also be expecting the intelligence bill to pass.
All of which makes this Crank wonder exactly what Big Daddy and Georgie are saying while on the phone to those Radical Republicans in Congress and exactly what is going on at that White House-GOP "leadership" retreat.
Bush: CIA must grow by 50%. Despite all the protestations of support for the "Intelligence Reform" bill stuck in Congress, it appears that Georgie really isn't all that interested in seeing the bill pass. The LA Times and The Guardian are reporting that "President George Bush has ordered a historic expansion of the CIA, increasing the number of the agency's spies and analysts by half in an attempt to improve its effectiveness in the pursuit of terrorists." Georgie, in the same memo, reportedly "ordered a 90-day study into the feasibility of transferring the CIA's paramilitary operations to the Pentagon." Now it appears to this Crank that if you're giving the newly appointed director of the CIA "90 days to draw up a budget and plan" to overhaul the spy agency and also looking into transfering some responsibilities to another government agency that it stands to reason that you're not really all that interested in seeing the "Intelligence Reform" bill passing. I mean, if you expected the intelligence bill to pass and there to be a new national intelligence director wouldn't you already have that person lined up and wouldn't you just wait for the bill to pass and then write a memo to that person? Of course you would, but then you're not Georgie and you'd also be expecting the intelligence bill to pass.
All of which makes this Crank wonder exactly what Big Daddy and Georgie are saying while on the phone to those Radical Republicans in Congress and exactly what is going on at that White House-GOP "leadership" retreat.