CIA director finds work a little overwhelming

[grimm]

this is scary

Mar 2, 7:08 PM (ET)

By RYAN PEARSON

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - In a rare public appearance Wednesday, CIA Director Porter Goss said he is overwhelmed by the many duties of his job, including devoting five hours out of every day to prepare for and deliver intelligence briefings to President Bush.

"The jobs I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal," Goss said. "I'm a little amazed at the workload."

Goss praised Bush's choice for the new job of national intelligence director, John Negroponte. The career diplomat, who is expected to be confirmed by the Senate, will take over several of the duties currently assigned to Goss, including the presidential briefing.

Goss, who has made few public comments beyond congressional testimony, also said the legislation creating the position of director of national intelligence left him unclear on his future role.

"It's got a huge amount of ambiguity in it," he said. "I don't know by law what my direct relationship is with John Negroponte," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld or other top officials involved with intelligence.

Despite the confusion, Goss praised Negroponte's selection.

"I hold him in the very highest regard," he said, noting that the two attended Yale at the same time. "The intelligence community is going to be strengthened and unified and more effective than it has ever been."

Goss' remarks came during an hourlong address at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, before an audience of more than 200 that included former first lady Nancy Reagan. Tickets to the event were sold to the public for $45.

Goss, a CIA clandestine officer for 10 years who retired in 1972, said it takes him five hours every day to prepare and deliver the president's daily briefing, calling Bush "a voracious consumer of intelligence."

Legislation signed by Bush in December creates a national intelligence center and the powerful new position Negroponte is nominated for. He will oversee the nation's 15 separate intelligence agencies.

Goss will remain head of the CIA but under the legislation loses his title as director of central intelligence. He said his role under the overhauled system will likely depend on Bush.

"Any president ... is going to pick the way he or she wants the intelligence community to serve him or her," he said.

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by grimm@Mar 3 2005, 10:14 PM
this is scary

Very scary! h34r:

[OldJeff]

Originally posted by grimm@Mar 3 2005, 10:14 PM
this is scary

Mar 2, 7:08 PM (ET)

By RYAN PEARSON

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - In a rare public appearance Wednesday, CIA Director Porter Goss said he is overwhelmed by the many duties of his job, including devoting five hours out of every day to prepare for and deliver intelligence briefings to President Bush.

Of course it is overwhelming.

Do you have any idea how fucking hard it is to reduce CIA information to a 4th grade reading level to get a nit wit to understand it.

They need to get Mr. Rodgers to translate everything, and write it all in crayon.

[Mike AI]

Jeff how bad must it feel for an intellectual such as yourself to have to put up with a President who only has a 4th Grader mentality.


Must be pernicious for you.

[grimm]

thats a misuse of pernicious.

I know an exegetist such as yourself, would see that the posted article was not a viscious rumor meant to do harm, but actually an interview with the Director himself.

anyone can use big words. in fact politicians misuse them all the time to obfuscate reality

[PornoDoggy]

Gotta watch out for them eggheaded cocksuckers.

A. Swearingen

[OldJeff]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Mar 4 2005, 09:39 AM
Jeff how bad must it feel for an intellectual such as yourself to have to put up with a President who only has a 4th Grader mentality.


Must be pernicious for you.

Mike,

I have never claimed to be anything.

Just claimed that Bush is a nit wit, so far, every time I have seen him speak, that claim becomes more solidified.

Me personally, I am as dumb as a bag of hammers.

[grimm]

Originally posted by OldJeff+Mar 4 2005, 03:06 PM-->