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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:47 PM
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PORTER GOSS RESIGNING
Edited on Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM by Scout1071
Just in on CNN.....

Updated to note that no further details were provided. The announcement was not made on live TV, but was just reported by CNN.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:47 PM
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1. Amen!
Amen! A-amen! Amen! Amen!

Hallelujah!
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:04 PM
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69. Yes!
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:47 PM
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2. Guess we know who else was in those limos!
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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Exactly what I said in the post below!
You beat me to it.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:06 PM
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74. And NOW we know why a right wing shill came out early this morning
to make a big deal out of the Capitol Police Supervisor's obviously reasoned and researched decision not to arrest Patrick Kennedy, but instead issue him three citations. Gobble up that newstime!

On the bright side, Paddy's likely happy...it'll take some of the heat off him.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM
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86. Maybe Bush will replace Goss with...Brit Humes?
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Master Mahon Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:47 PM
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126. Ha Ha..... or Rush Limpbaugh!!
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:04 PM
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167. new CIA director will be handpicked by Negroponte...says Russert
WH sources. Negroponte and Bolten have been talking to Goss for weeks. Goss has made the changes, and a "healer" (Russert's word) now needs to come in. This person will be handpicked by Negroponte, and will be announced early next week.

MSNBC reporting turmoil in Negroponte-Goss relationship.

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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:44 PM
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174. Do you think Goss was a hatchet man in the CIA because he was
blackmailed?
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willing dwarf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:52 PM
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131. you lost me
which limos?
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crappyjazz Donating Member (886 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:47 PM
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3. They didn't make the announcement live
wonder why not?
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:12 PM
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93. They wanted to be able to edit out any shouting pool reporters
It was a pool announcement, where only a few reporters are present. Not a full gaggle.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:53 PM
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163. news control - A Brave New World. 1984. Canticles. Take your pick
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:57 PM
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175. There were no reporters there.
A few hacks for set dressing perhaps. They would never let a reporter near these guys.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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4. Anyone think he might be wrapped up in Duke Cunningham
prostitution scandal?
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:07 PM
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77. Maybe???? SURELY!!!
Duke probably gave them Foggo, and Foggo gave them Porter....start at the bottom, work your way up.
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DrRang Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:30 PM
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188. Randi Rhodes going on and on about that this pm.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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The Watergate Hooker scandal is FOR REAL, y'all!!
Holy crapoly!!!

It's Porter de Mayo!!!!
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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24. So it seems, so it seems.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM
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28. Porter de Mayo - good one : ) ! n/t
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:55 PM
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44. hehe-DUers are so clever..
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:17 PM
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103. They really
ARE! :D
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:53 PM
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39. was he (rumored to be) implicated in that?
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:57 PM
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47. Yes. He is very much rumored to be involved.
Truth will prevail.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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54. Oh, yeh. Read this, over at TPMMuckraker.
TPM has been doing EXCELLENT work on the Watergate Hooker Scandal.

Goss: Claims I Partied With Wilkes Are "Flatly Untrue," "Horribly Irresponsible"

By Justin Rood - April 28, 2006, 4:22 PM

I called the CIA this morning to get their reaction to Ken Silverstein's piece in Harper's that seems to put Goss in the poker-and-more parties thrown by Brent Wilkes. The parties were held in the Watergate and Westin Grand hotels -- and a third hotel, I'm hearing, which hasn't been reported yet -- as well as at the house of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, a longtime friend of Wilkes' who is now #3 at the CIA.

After a long series of off-the-record phone calls with CIA spokespeople, I was finally given an on-the-record comment -- about Goss. Speaking on behalf of the director, CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise Dyck said, "This is horribly irresponsible. He hasn't even been to the Watergate in decades."

When I asked if Goss had attended Wilkes' parties at the Westin or other locations, Millerwise Dyck repeated the denial. "It's horribly irresponsible. Flatly untrue."
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:08 PM
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143. Millerwise Dyck? What a name...
:crazy:
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:57 PM
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49. Porter De Mayo! LOL! Caption of the day.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:02 PM
Response to Reply #49
65. LOL. Someone needs to make a calendar
with Fitzmas, Porter de Mayo, etc. What are some other holidays? Surely Limbaugh's arrest should get one.
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amb123 Donating Member (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:21 PM
Response to Reply #65
107. How 'bout . . .

Limbaughpalooza!



:sarcasm:
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:23 PM
Response to Reply #107
109. Excellent! .......also.....Plame Sunday. nt
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:24 PM by antfarm
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:08 PM
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81. Very funny!
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:59 PM
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140. Do they do a background check on anyone?
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:55 PM
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164. You mean on the hookers? Sure. Short arm inspection, too.
:evilgrin:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:20 PM
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169. Ha! Porter de Mayo!
Good one.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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5. just heard, any speculation as to why yet?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:03 PM
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68. Probably to spend more time with his family
Isn't that why all Neocon stooges retire?
:sarcasm:
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:22 PM
Response to Reply #68
108. Will someone be next or will next bomb be Rove indictment?
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Master Mahon Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:48 PM
Response to Reply #68
128. Yeah, before he's marched off to prison!!
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #68
178. There is a form that they use
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:13 PM
Response to Reply #178
180. I love it!
Do they hand those out at the daily Two Minutes' Hate meetings?
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DWilliamsamh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 08:39 PM
Response to Reply #180
193. Now THAT is funny.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 09:16 PM
Response to Reply #193
195. Welcome to DU, DWilliamsamh!
:hi:
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:55 PM
Response to Reply #178
182. That is hilarious! nt
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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6. I guess we know who was enjoying those limos and
hookers! :rofl:
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM
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87. Afterall he is a "Florida" politician! Recommended by Jebbie!
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:29 PM by demo dutch
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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7. ahhhhhh hhhaaaaaa hhhaaaaaaaa!!!
It's a surprise, says FAUX
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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14. only to them - more like denial n/t
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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8. What did Duke Cunningham tell them
hahahahahahha
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:48 PM
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9. Seems that the rumors of his behavior may be TRUE!
Unfortunately, he's already been too long at work destroying the CIA professionals.
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Kansas Wyatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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10. Anything to do with the hooker investigation
That is tied to the Republican Rot?
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 09:16 PM
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196. By Hooker
You mean Jeff Gannon?
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northamericancitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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11. Excuses my ignorance....Who's that guy? Is it good?
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
Original message
He's the new Director of the CIA, and he's been rumored to be
caught up in the Watergate Hooker scandal.
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northamericancitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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21. TY
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:05 PM
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71. And also a total GOON and political hack that's gutted this good
organization in favor of yes-men lackeys.

Good Riddance you nasty man!
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:26 PM
Response to Reply #71
111. but never underestimate Bush's ability to find someone even worse
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recovering democrat Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:21 PM
Response to Reply #111
170. Unfortunately true
and somehow takes all the excitement out of this otherwise very welcome announcement. It is the perpetual waiting for the other shoe to drop that is entirely too stressful in news about this administration!
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM
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84. He's one ugly bastard, figures he'd have to purchase services
...and surely he's cheap, because he had the lobbyists do the purchasing!

Had he found himself a reputable sexworker or two, and paid the tab himself, this wouldn't be an issue. But hey, some guys always want to get somethin' fer nuthin'.

CIA, er CNN news seems rather astounded at it all! From whom will they take their orders, now????
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
Response to Reply #11
17. head of the CIA after Tenet left
now he's gone. His name has come up in the latest Watergate prostitution scandal...
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:07 PM
Response to Reply #17
78. But all the wide eyed innocent news models on CNN don't have
a clue as to why this great man :eyes: would leave so soon.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
Response to Reply #11
20. Head of the CIA.
And there has been some speculation on this board and others that he is wrapped up in the defense contractor bribery/prostitution scandal. With his resignation, those rumors will be amplified I'm sure.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
Response to Reply #20
63. Reminds me of the Korea-gate scandals post Watergate...hehehe
Looks like Silent Coup authors were actually on to something (Colodny and Gitlin, if I remember correct).
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:21 PM
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106. Heh, he is afterall a politician from "Florida"! Jebbie's buddy!
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:29 PM by demo dutch
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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23. W's puppet installed do quash dissent at CIA
Edited on Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM by robbedvoter
Crassly incompetent, cut down all anti-terrorist activity there - you bet it's good!
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leftyladyfrommo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:53 PM
Response to Reply #23
37. Wasn't he supposed to get rid of the liberals at the CIA?
Or some other stupid thing like that.
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:59 PM
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51. Yes and the Senate Dems voted for him too. Outrageous!
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 07:51 PM
Response to Reply #51
190. I agree. The Senate dems have no power but to vote for this *?
I don't understand why the Senate Dems don't have self-respect.
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The Wizard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 09:24 PM
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197. Quid pro quo
They do it in exchange for support on a bill sending money to their respective states. Since the Repubes vote in lockstep and have the majority, it was a done deal already so the Dems who go along with it get something in return. In essence they're providing political cover for a vote that wouldn't change the eventual outcome while getting something for the folks back home.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 11:29 PM
Response to Reply #197
199. Sigh. You're right. I keep forgetting Dems are the minority and we....
have to kiss GOP ass to get anything approved or passed. :(
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM
Response to Reply #11
27. Former Representative (R) appointed by Bush
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:11 PM by Norquist Nemesis
Former Intelligence Cmte Chair (IIRC)
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
Response to Reply #27
55. Psst. He was a Representative in the House, not a Senator.
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:08 PM
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82. Thanks!
I stand corrected :hi:
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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12. Was a Kennedy drunk though? That is the important question!!!!!11
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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30. earlier posts re: this hehehehe
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1042958
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:05 PM
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72. Great link! Thanks for that - everyone should re-read this link. nt
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:14 PM
Response to Reply #12
99. Now you know why that story came out
to counteract this story.... They are a sneaky bunch....
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Southsideirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 08:49 PM
Response to Reply #12
194. Yes, this is the REAL story that must be throughly investigated!! To hell
with what went on with the number one dude at the CIA - we must know about any possible KENNEDY infractions. The very life of the Republic depends on it!
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bigtree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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13. .
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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15. ahaahahahahahaha...
I'm sorry... I can't help it...

:rofl:
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:49 PM
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16. Must be the hookers!
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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18. Awww...and he barely had time to settle in at the CIA.
:applause:
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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19. That's the problem, he has neutered the intelligence apparatus
It will take forever to rebuild it.
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:54 PM
Response to Reply #19
42. how much damage could he have done?
i agree and have been saying for a while that his entire purpose was to purge out the career professionals at the cia and turn it over to the gop/neo-cons but he couldn't have accomplished all that so soon. perhaps they got him first?
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:26 PM
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172. Tenet started the job of purging
By dividing the loyal Bushists and the career guys with integrity.

Goss just came in and did the dirty work.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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22. Whay are you all talking hooker when it might be Brewster-Jennings? nt
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Midnight Rambler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
Response to Reply #22
32. Didn't he come in after Plame was outed? Or was Tenet already gone?
Anyone have that info?
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starroute Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:20 PM
Response to Reply #32
105. Goss was head of the House Intel Committee then
On September 25, 2003, Goss's committee blamed the CIA for providing faulty information on Iraqi WMD's: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/justify/2003/0928probers.htm

On September 26, 2003, the CIA asked the Justice Department to investigate the Plame leak.
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peacetalksforall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:31 PM
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116. Yes, after. However, Goss has a long CIA history - contacts, etc. n/t
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:10 PM
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145. maybe Goss had his goons look up stuff about Wilson & fed Plame story to
BushCheneyCo
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:50 PM
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25. Now will CNN suggest that this has to do with the prostitution ring?
Edited on Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM by jsamuel
like they have been suggesting alcohol for Kennedy all day...

any guesses? No...
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM
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29. They'll use it as an excuse to begin a new line of questioning
into how much booze Kennedy consumed last night.
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:51 PM
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26. Monica who? n/t
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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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56. Big Dawg didn't pay for his................
I'll say it again, these guys have to buy their tail.
How manly they are. :sarcasm:
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:13 PM
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97. Big Dawg is a very charismatic person
;)
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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31. Wait... wait....this can't be..
.... only DEMOCRATs and especially Dems named Clinton would ever get involved in a sex scandal! There's just no way. Republicans don't have functional penises, that's why they are the way they are.

No, Mr. Goss must need to spend more time with his family. That's all.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
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59. Keep an eye out for Kyle "Dusty" Foggo's resignation...
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008350.php

<snip>
This Justin Rood post from TPMmuckraker has quotes from Reps. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Jerry Lewis (R-CA) denying that they partied with Wilkes. And here's the follow-up piece from the Journal in which the CIA concedes that Agency #3 man Dusty Foggo did party with Wilkes but didn't stick around for the hookers to show up.
</snip>

If Foggo also resigns, then we'll know Goss's resignation IS because of Hookergate!
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:23 PM
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110. Yes, Cooley, I was just thinking the same thing.
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:35 PM
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159. Well, whattyaknow! Check out this DU thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1112127

RESIGNATION Of A PENTAGON UNDER-SECRETARY AlSO IMMINENT...

This is the headline at HuffPo. Who could it be? Is is related to Plame or Fornigate?

Wowee!
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ToolTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:30 PM
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113. Didcha ever see the movie "Blue Velvet?"
Goss probably rolls hard boiled eggs across the floor at prostitutes with their legs spread apart. See Rethugs really don't have sex!
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LibertyorDeath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:40 PM
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162. LMAO! What a great movie don't forget the Dennis Hopper bottle trick
:)
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Kber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:30 PM
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114. Maybe not (re:penises)
but they are very functional assholes.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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33. Ya gotta love them Hookers!
This is getting better and better.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:04 PM
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70. G. Gordon (Flipped-His) Liddy Operation Gemstone actually went operational
it seems to me. "High quality hookers..." used as honey-traps fits right into the covert ops/black-budget process mentioned in Silent Coup book.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:11 PM
Response to Reply #70
90. Perhaps a few people from inside the agency decided to set ...
them up or at the very least rat them out.
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:59 PM
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165. Do you think career CIA set this up after Tenet got shafted?
That is what they were trained to do, after all.

Maybe, a foreign intel agency was originally running this as a blackmail and influence operation, but was persuaded to hand the operation over after Franklin was busted?

Just think of all the interesting possibilities.
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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34. didn't goss admit the job was too hard for him?
all that reading and stuff.
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Blaze Diem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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35. Limos - most likely..but Maybe its a Fitz related issue?
Any connection to Fitz's ijvestigation that may lead to Goss??
Who knows how deep Fitz's investigation ahs taken him...he thought it was just about Plame..
The tangled web is unweaving...
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:52 PM
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36. Interest that they did this on a Friday -
no replacement going to be named....

the whole weekend for speculation- yum.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:54 PM
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40. Actually, part of the Friday news dump.
It's the day they release bad news because most Americans don't watch as much news on the weekends. By Monday we will be in a new news cycle and most people will have moved on. However, when the public gets word of his involvement in the bribery/prostitution scandal, it will be a whole other story!
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:58 PM
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50. I can't help but wonder if something is going to come out on the
bribery-prostitution this weekend.

Isn't it usually Sat when they do the news dump?
Or in this administrations case, everyday is a news dump.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
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62. No, Friday is usually the news dump. But they may dig into the scandal
on the Sunday talk shows.

Let's hope so. At least Clinton's blowjob wasn't part of a defense contractor bribery scheme.

Republicans are dangerous for America.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:03 PM
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67. Check it out - the talking heads are all over analyzing this.
Going to be an interesting weekend.
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:13 PM
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147. LOL, "in this administrations case, everyday is a news dump," hahahaha
:rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:53 PM
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38. Replacement NOT TO BE NAMED TODAY - this is happening very fast!
Methinks HOOKERGATE is to blame!!!!:woohoo:
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Change has come Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:54 PM
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41. Bu- Bye










:hi:
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:02 PM
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64. A face only a hooker could love.
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:14 PM
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149. good riddance, you inept piece of sh*$$*t
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:55 PM
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43. DUMBEST PREZNIT EVER!!! n/t
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incapsulated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:56 PM
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45. Now THIS is news!
:)
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BootinUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:35 PM
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120. Anyone hazard a guess why?
Is this fallout from that agent they were terminating just short of her retirement?

Or just more of Chimpy tryin to circle the wagons?
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:57 PM
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46. Boosh didn't say he didn't like seeing him leave.



He said he has done some good things but he didn't say anything like he wished he had stayed.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:11 PM
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91. Wow, that was some major Booosh suck up of a speech that they
force Goss to memorize. Over the top for Dear Leader? ;)
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 12:57 PM
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48. Well, it's not fitzo de mayo but I'll take it! :):):) nt
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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52. Fitzo de mayo isn't over yet! nt
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suffragette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
Original message
Me, too.
:toast:
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KeepItReal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:05 PM
Response to Reply #48
73. Fitzo de Mayo....ROTFLMAO!

:applause:

:rofl:
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LilyLibber Donating Member (332 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM
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85. Fitzo de Mayo!
I LOVE it! :applause:

I can't WAIT to hear the "reason" for this hasty departure! :woohoo:
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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53. Holy chit!
Duke and his "wire" are working some magic. Here we go!
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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57. Haha Goss just took the limelight from Kennedy!
Lovin' it!

The rethugs just did us a favor.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:12 PM
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92. And they just HATE doin' it too ... double delicious! eom
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:15 PM
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150. thanks, Boosh*!
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ima_sinnic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:00 PM
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58. another incompetent * @$$-kisser bites the dust thereby
knocking another chip out of the increasingly crumbling rotted guts of the whole stinking administration of evildoers.

I like to think that one when falls, many more are ultimately damaged.

:party: :bounce: :toast: :bounce: :party: :patriot: :kick: :kick:
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Nordmadr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
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60. The Director of the CIA is resigning, and CNN's web page at 2:00
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:02 PM by olafvikingr
still shows Kennedy's car accident as the lead story with no mention of Goss.

Funny that...

Damn that Goss, they really wanted to milk the car accident story. Now they have to cover real news.


Olafr
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Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:01 PM
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61. this is the guy who fired John O'Neil
good news
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM
Response to Reply #61
83. Yes, also several very respected and senior CIA Officers resigned ...
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM by ShortnFiery
a la Rumsfeld DOD Purge after this Political Hack was confirmed.

It's rumored that the CIA has lost MANY credible analysts in favor of POLITICAL hacks that came into the CIA with Goss. :puke:
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mikelgb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:03 PM
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66. ABOUT DAMN TIME... remember this gem...
Michael Moore video from before he was appointed:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/goss.php

:evilgrin:
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:06 PM
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75. WELL THIS IS NEWS WORTHY
Kennedy is off the hook.

Porter has been hooked at the Watergate.

What a way to end the week, can't wait for Mike Malloy tonite with his commentary on this.
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:06 PM
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76. I'm not seeing an excuse...er....reason given for his departure. Is
that because this administration won't comment on on-going investigations?
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:13 PM
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96. LOL! CNN "speculating" now
:rofl: "You know, I didn't hear a reason (emphasized}, did you?"
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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:08 PM
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79. HOOKERGATE reaches CRITICAL MASS!!!
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:08 PM by Julius Civitatus
Pass the mothereffin' popcorn, y'all!

:popcorn:
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:08 PM
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80. Hookergate has officially started!
:bounce:
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:12 PM
Response to Reply #80
95. At the Watergate no less!
It comes full circle. :rofl: Won't SOMEone think of the CHILDREN!!

Dear President Bush:

Thank you for teaching my children about hookers...
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:13 PM
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98. That's the icing on the cake!
:rofl:
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:19 PM
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153. coming to the M$$M soon: WATERGATE II, where $ex, politic$$, incompetence
and bungling fools collide! :toast: :rofl: :toast: :rofl::toast: :rofl::toast: :rofl::toast: :rofl:
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katty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:15 PM
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101. yahoo! the infamous watergate
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:27 PM
Response to Reply #80
112. It's blowing up right before our eyes! Ground work for impeachment grows.
Bush is utterly incompetent. They knew about this a year ago when they appointed Goss.
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LouisianaLiberal Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:10 PM
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88. Best news in months!
But CNN and other corporate media will not point out the politicizing of intelligence - no, its all about the sex. This bastard rid the dept of long-time civil servants, and placed political operatives. No circle of hell is too deep for this guy.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:11 PM
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89. They're going to need to build a new prison...
for all the Repug perps.
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:09 PM
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144. If they went ahead with the idea of building a new prison .....



within the next two years ..... how much ya wanna bet Halliburton would get a no-bid contract for the whole job?
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:17 PM
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152. LOL...Too true.
:)
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:12 PM
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94. Good riddence to a political hack
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:13 PM by Jack Rabbit
Goss was one of the least qualified choices I can remember for DCI. He was put there for one express purpose and that was to purge the CIA of anybody who dared tell the policymakers that the facts at hand did not justify the policies they wished to persue.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:11 PM
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146. Not only a hack but there's bound to be criminality involved....and it
good news....probably as good as Rove. Who the hell knows what all he's been covering up..and if we will ever find out...but this is really good.
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Mr_Scarecrow Donating Member (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:15 PM
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100. The official line according to an article on Yahoo
is he was always only supposed to be a "transitional" leader at the agency. Now that things are "transitioned" whatever that means, he can move on. By the way, Bushy thinks he did an excellent job of leading the "transition."
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:19 PM
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104. Riiiiiiight. Just like Laura said that "Mission Accomplished" was only
referring to those men and women on the USS Abraham Lincoln and was misconstrued as having been symbolic of the war in Iraq. That they never meant that the war had been won.

:puke:
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:36 PM
Response to Reply #100
121. Here is the statement from the Whitehouse when Goss was
confirmed:

Statement on Senate Confirmation of Porter Goss

I am very pleased that a strong bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Porter Goss as the next Director of Central Intelligence. Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in intelligence and in the fight against terrorism. He is the right man to take on the essential mission of leading the CIA at this critical moment in our Nation's history as we face the challenges and the dangerous threats of this century. I look forward to his counsel as we implement intelligence reform, including the recommendations of the 9-11 Commission.


Anyone see the word "transitional" in there?
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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136. Great find. Not a whisper of "transitional" in the confirmation statement
Link?
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pdxmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:56 PM
Response to Reply #136
138. Oops. Sorry. Here's the link.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040922-13.html
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:23 PM
Response to Reply #100
155. ahahaha, we have transitioned into deeper bungling, waste of $$billions
Edited on Fri May-05-06 02:24 PM by wordpix
in taxpayer dollars, illegal secret prisons, torture of POWs and resignations of longtime, competent CIA officials thanks to Goss.
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Felinity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:16 PM
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102. Secret prisons & wiretap scandal called "little things" by
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:16 PM by Felinity
CNN reporter (sorry, don't know name). Have they ever considered hiring professional journalists?
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:50 PM
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129. Welcome to DU. nt
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:31 PM
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115. CNN and MSNBC have it posted on website
Edited on Fri May-05-06 01:32 PM by demo dutch
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/bush.appoint/index.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12646394/
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mapatriot Donating Member (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:31 PM
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117. Portergate at the Watergate.
In it up to his eyeballs!
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LouisianaLiberal Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:34 PM
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118. All of the "commentators" are being very careful
Former director of CIA on CNN obviously being very careful and measuring his words. SOMETHING is behind this, if not prostitutes or bribery. Others channels are the same. Oops, now CNN is back to Kennedy.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:37 PM
Response to Reply #118
122. I agree. Nobody wants to be the first to say it - prostitution and
bribery scandal. Not to mention further proof of *'s utter incompetence because he just appointed the guy a year ago. They knew about this a year ago. And if they didn't know about hooker/poker parties regularly being thrown at the most famous hotel in DC by their Republican pals, then they are imcompetent.
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dave502d Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:34 PM
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119. So do we call the watergate, The Waterhole? n/t
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dwp6577 Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:40 PM
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123. Someone (Dean, Feingold, Gore) pull all the dems to a quiet location and..
tell them to be honest, avoid scandel, listen to their constituents, avoid loggyists and keep their genitals in their pants/skirts. Other than that, they're not going to need an astounding unified message (just the basics: healthcare for all,restore the middleclass, no more outsourcing jobs, border/port security, stop tax breaks to the rich, etc...standard progressive good stuff).

THE NEO-CON, THEOCRATIC, FASCIST, RIGHT WING IS IMPLODING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES....
THE NEO-CON, THEOCRATIC, FASCIST, RIGHT WING IS IMPLODING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES....
THE NEO-CON, THEOCRATIC, FASCIST, RIGHT WING IS IMPLODING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES....

WE TAKE BACK OUR GOVERNMENT SOON

YEAH!
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tired of the right Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:13 PM
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148. Wow'!
"THE NEO-CON, THEOCRATIC, FASCIST, RIGHT WING IS IMPLODING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES...."
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:41 PM
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124. I heard about this a half hour ago on Al Franken
Ya'll are so imaginative: Porter De Mayo,Fitzo de Mayo, Hookergate..
The day isn't even over yet.
Tee hee. :woohoo::rofl:
k&r
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:41 PM
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125. Did Rumsfeld get him fired? Just said he didn't like intelligence he got
and had to assign his own people. Maybe there's another story behind this.....
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:52 PM
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132. Uhmm, I think it's more than that.
Since when was Rummy ever interested in real intelligence when he had the fiction writers in the Pentagon manufacturing it for him?
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:16 PM
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151. Same here.
I wasn't aware of his connection to the scandal but I was thinking this is more along the lines of what Ari Fleischer did before the shit hit the fan over Iraq and the Plame leak. This seems to be much more abrupt though, so I'm wondering what's coming up on the horizon.
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:27 PM
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157. Rummy's "fiction writers:" good point
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tired of the right Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:48 PM
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127. Another GOP paragon of virtue has
his hypocrisy exposed.:toast:
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wake.up.america Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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133. This Administration is so bizarre, so inept.. Where are we?
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:52 PM
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130. They needed Goss, and they still do. I wonder what has him leaving.
Very interesting indeed. Whatever precipitated this is big, needless to say.
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tired of the right Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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134. Rumors of links to Cunningham
and prostitutes.
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:54 PM
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135. Does P.G.'s Wikipedia Bio give some clues
about his predilections? Did he actually work for tips at a strip club? Or was he getting tips there?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss#Biography_and_CIA_career
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Stalwart Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:55 PM
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137. I nominate Ray McGovern
to be his replacement.
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LouisianaLiberal Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 01:57 PM
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139. I try not to indulge in Schadenfreude; its a terrible character trait.
But the only thing that could allow me to enjoy this more is if the hooker's name was "Gannon"
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:25 PM
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156. Hilarious. This did cross my mind.
I mean, somebody rather high up had to get him clearance.
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Not Sure Donating Member (334 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 09:50 PM
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198. What a great word - Schadenfreude - thanks!
Not only do I get news here, I get vocabulary, too. I love this forum!
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greiner3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:00 PM
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141. Bloomberg and CNBC;
Have the same crap; That Goss ran the CIA ably and that Goss says that the CIA is running even-keeled. Lol, that term is apt as Goss will have nothing to do but sail his boat around and become self-important. As a side note, bloomberg reported after the above story that someone reported that Kennedy's crash was alcohol induced and that they 'were right on top of the story.'
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tired of the right Donating Member (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:04 PM
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142. The impression I have of Goss is that he
politicized the CIA. That you needed to be a republican to get along there.
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wordpix Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:29 PM
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158. "right on the [Kennedy] story:" M$M better get on the impeachment story
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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:22 PM
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154. According to some at (not so)Free Republic
It was those MEAN EEVILL CIA agents who allow him to reform the CIA! MEANIES BWAHAHAHA!
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Lib Grrrrl Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:36 PM
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160. Couldn't Happen To A More Deserving Asshole!!
don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!

Hope the next door slamming behind your ass is a cell door!!
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 02:39 PM
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161. why does it take friggen SEX to bring these fuckers down...NOW.......
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:04 PM
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166. Just like "Seven Days in May"
The mere fact that these guys tried to pull off a fascist coup in America, and tricked us into an illegal war, isn't enough these days. Sadly.
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drone Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:15 PM
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168. best one
this is the best. I am sending it to my friends
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:22 PM
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171. Goss probably quit because of Bush bullsh*t...
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tennlib Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 03:29 PM
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173. Porter Goss:
Well,if it has to do with hookers,it must be... "tailgate"!

Also,if that picture of Porter is for real the only way a hooker would be atracted to him is if he had a hand full of hundred dollar bills pasted to his forehead!
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:00 PM
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176. Josh Marshall has details and a summary so far...
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/008376.php
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Independent_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:06 PM
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177. Damn! They're just dropping like flies. We're witnessing a silent coup.
Edited on Fri May-05-06 04:06 PM by Independent_Liberal
We're overthrowing this government piece by piece.

:)
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:13 PM
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179. The WiFi Revolution!
I love it.
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Clyde39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 04:16 PM
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181. Is it because it's Friday afternoon, or is it really a sudden thing?
We're so used to these Friday afternoon bombshells that it's hard to know if it was planned for a while or sudden.
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 05:44 PM
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183. Some reasons are discusssed in this CNN article
Edited on Fri May-05-06 05:45 PM by demo dutch
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/05/goss.resignation/index.html

Quote
There have been weeks-long policy disputes between Goss and John Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, over the future of the CIA, sources who were close to the discussions told CNN.

According to sources, Negroponte's decision to transfer certain functions from the CIA to his office were fiercely resisted by Goss, who believe the moves would diminish the agency's power and ability to function

After the White House sided with Negroponte and his deputy, Gen. Michael Hayden, it was a mutual decision that Goss would resign, the sources said.

"Porter Goss is standing up for the CIA," one intelligence source told CNN. "He believes the Central Intelligence Agency should be just that: central."
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Former CIA Director Stansfield Turner told CNN that Goss may have resigned because he was passed over for the position of director of national intelligence, which went to Negroponte.

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Surely there's more to it than that!!!
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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:10 PM
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184. Neither of them explain the suddenness.
Especially not the latter one - you'd think that he would have resigned earlier, if that was the reason. And it sounds rather petty and childish, even for this bunch.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:12 PM
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185. Then why the "effective immediately" resignation?
If you're resigning as a protest, you don't leave in a huff over a thing like that.

He was pushed. Maybe for pre-emptive damage control because Goss will be named in Hookergate.

And Bunnypants can't afford any more scandals so close to him.

I call bullshit on the story.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 08:33 PM
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192. No. This is cover.
The real story is coming, fo shizzle.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:16 PM
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186. Cunningham's Poker Whores Have Fingered Goss.
Get out the popcorn, folks.
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savemefromdumbya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:17 PM
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187. Harris and the 2000 elections and Goss and the Ritz Carlton and and and...
A crystal ball told me.
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DrRang Donating Member (415 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 06:37 PM
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189. CBS evening news implied it was because of damaging leaks
that had come out during Goss's tenure. Like, oh, sending people to other countries to be tortured. Stuff like that that's just okey dokey as long as nobody knows about it.
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 08:12 PM
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191. CBS News just hired Katie Couric to anchor.
Nuff said.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-05-06 11:50 PM
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200. That just about says it all. :) Thanks. nt
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