Man Who Succeeded Tenet at CIA Retiring (John McLaughlin)

[Khephra]

WASHINGTON -- The veteran intelligence analyst who served as acting CIA director during a wave of criticism of the agency this past summer announced his retirement Friday.

In a statement, the CIA's deputy director, John McLaughlin, called his resignation a "purely personal decision" and said it was time to move on to other endeavors. He has worked with the agency 32 years.

McLaughlin temporarily took over the CIA in July when former Director George Tenet retired, also citing personal reasons.

McLaughlin's ascension put him in line to field criticism from two reports highly critical of U.S. intelligence operations, the Sept. 11 Commission report and the Senate's investigation into the flawed prewar intelligence on Iraq.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-cia-retirement,0,1772252.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[truthisfreedom]

1. oh, isn't that nice.

bush is busily installing operatives from the thug party and all of the old guard is standing down.

[Chimpanzee]

2. Maybe all these 'retirees' know something big is about to happen?

[NMDemDist2]

3. couldn;t stand Goss i guess n/t

[Chiyo-chichi]

4. I Goss not.

[johnfunk]

5. It's Goss -- he's an ideologue...

... and he's already trashing the Agency, putting political hacks in positions that should be held by critical, methodical brains who put reason above ideology. It's no secret that Goss is making many, many enemies in the intelligence community already, the type of people who don't take well to ideologues.

[happynewyear]

6. boy he didn't last long

another one bit the dust ...

Step up ...

Who's next? :evilgrin:

:kick: