Goss Rejected Advice on Probe Into CIA's Role Before Sept. 11

[Octafish]

Source: Bloomberg

Goss Rejected Advice on Probe Into CIA's Role Before Sept. 11

By Viola Gienger

Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Porter Goss, a former CIA director, rejected advice that an outside panel evaluate the performance of his predecessor, George Tenet, and other officials over failures to prevent the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general recommended in June 2005 that Goss form a panel to consider disciplinary action against some officials still with the agency, according to a declassified summary of the report released yesterday. The CIA's current director, General Michael Hayden, said he re-read the findings and agreed with Goss's decision.

``Director Goss noted at the time that the officers cited include some of our finest,'' Hayden said in a statement issued along with the congressionally mandated inspector general's report. ``With inadequate resources, they and those they led worked flat out against a tough, secretive foe.''

Inspector General John Helgerson's team concluded that Tenet and other top officials failed to use their authority effectively, didn't coordinate internally or with other agencies and missed opportunities to evaluate information on the Sept. 11 hijackers who attacked New York and the Pentagon near Washington.



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"Operation 40" means never having to say you're sorry.

[underpants]

1. So he used Bush appointees to bash Non-Bush appointees

and lump more blame on the CIA for not screaming at the top of their lungs WHY ARE YOU STOPPING OUR COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONS!?!?!

as Richard Clarke pointed out that the Bush administration did

[Betsy Ross]

2. "tough, secretive foe."

CIA can only go after soft, overt friends?

[Ian David]

3. I'm still claiming LIHOP. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

4. Cross-post from identical thread in GD "Here's some truth about Porter Goss and colleagues

itineraries" (8-22-2007) I didn't see this LBN thread until now-good idea!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1638820#1639890

[bobthedrummer]

5. Additional background on a very elusive, very wealthy character

(from an informative active parent thread) mentioned up thread, Wally Hilliard.

A cross-post for all DUers and guests seeking truth and facts.

I made a mistake in the linked post that went beyond the edit time-calling Hilliard's former Green Bay company, American Medical Security/AMS, "American Medical Service/AMS", my apology for that error.

"University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus Wallace J. Hilliard, his associates & family merit a post" (8-18-2007)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=186x21683#21906

[Doctor_J]

6. Another one who's going to be in trouble when the war crimes trials are held

this sounds suspiciously like dereliction of duty.

[bobthedrummer]

7. kick