We certainly don't want THAT kind of intellgence..!

OK, I guess I can see why loyalty is a good quality in general, but this seems to be taking the concept too far. And while this is just one report, it certainly doesn't seem too farfetched. Newsday reported yesterday that the Bush administration has ordered a purge of liberal Democrats at the CIA. The sources of the article claimed that the new CIA director, Porter Goss, was instructed to terminate officers who were disloyal to the President, or who had leaked information to the media which could embarrass the White House. Salon.com's Spencer Ackerman has also picked up on this thread, writing about Porter Goss' first few weeks in Langley at the helm of the CIA.

Well, I'm sure that they will be able to protect us against terrorism without making the administration look bad, right? I mean, as long as they are getting SOME intelligence, that should be good enough...huh?