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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:25 PM
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If Hayden Doesn't Resign His Military Post - Is He Accountable To And...
only to the Commander in Chief? Does he have to do what * wants? Is this another power grab by *? Does this make * more of a dictator?
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:26 PM
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1. He serves at the pleasure
of the President. That means he can be fired without cause, essentially.

Ask Porter Goss what it means.
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global1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:50 PM
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2. All Presidential Employees Serve At The Pleasure of the President.....
but Hayden being a military man - does he fall in a special category? If he decides to not do as the pResident wishes - can he be court martialed? Can he be threaten with loss of rank? loss of benefits?

Maybe Porter Goss challenged * and didn't follow through on something * wanted him to do and that's why he got canned. All that could happen to Goss is to be fired.

But a military man in the same position - can * have more leverage with a military man? That is the question I trying to ask.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:50 PM
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3. No
It's just another government job. His military status has nothing to do with it.
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OldLeftieLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-08-06 04:51 PM
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4. Oh, and not all of them do -
some are on a different schedule. It's a complex system.
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