Wolfowitz to head CIA? Whaa?!?!??

This is from the MUST-READ article just posted on Salon tonight, "How Ahmed Chalabi conned the neocons". I almost fell out of my chair when I read this paragraph:

"Military sources say Feith will resign his Defense Department post by mid-May.

Okay, that part's good.

"Feith is on the way out," Iraqi defense minister (and Chalabi nephew) Ali Allawi says confidently, and other sources confirm it. Feith's boss, Undersecretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, may follow.

Now that sounds good, but wait, there's more:

Bush political mastermind Karl Rove is said to be determined that Wolfowitz move on before the November election, even if he comes back in a second Bush term. Sources say one of the positions being suggested is the director of Central Intelligence.

Holy crap!

or another FBI under Hoover, or...you name it.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Bremer out as well.

He's been apologizing to Bush all over the place today..

Kissing, toes, rings, etc..

the official Worst Job in the World. Underling to a fascist in a losing war. Poor guy probably has dreams about swinging upside down like Mussolini...

This development will certainly separate the loyalists from the realists.

I believe there are, and they are before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT TAKE FOR A REPUBLICAN TO GET FIRED?

deserting a sinking ship! :bounce:

To get caughth in bed with a live boy, or a dead mistress

that line dates to Edwin Edwards, the late and rather colorful governor of Louisiana, at least a decade ago.

N/T

"I wouldn't be surprised to see Bremer out as well."

It has been a sure thing that Bremmer will be out on July 1st. Negroponte will take his place.

the number one ghoul as head of the cia. just shoot me

Wolfowitz is a terrible, terrible choice for CIA director. When Kerry wins, this whole thing will be a moot point anyway.

It sounds nuts to us, because we understand the neocon agenda. But it is something Bush would do. Sure, It sounds a little overt now, but not after the election. Rumsfeld and the Pentagon have been quietly and systematically subverting the CIA since Bush* took office. They got the Iraq war by putting the OSP in place to get the "intellingence" they wanted through the CIA. Then they blamed the CIA when the "intelligence" was publicly proved to be bad.

It sounds crazy to us that the madman Wolfiwitz would be chosen to head up the CIA, but remember, they're talking about after the election. If Bush* is elected, or selected, or steals the White House again in 2004, all bets requiring sanity and reason are off. He might nominate a blatant neocon to head the CIA, or he could dismantle the CIA altogether and put all intelligence gathering under Pentagon jurisdiction.

I hope the Nader supporters read this and see who they would help put in charge with their vote.