[IP] CIA plans to purge its agency of Bush disloyalists
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From: Richard Forno <rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 14, 2004 9:39:17 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: CIA plans to purge its agency of Bush disloyalists
CIA plans to purge its agency
Sources say White House has ordered new chief to eliminate officers who
were
disloyal to Bush
November 14, 2004
WASHINGTON -- The White House has ordered the new CIA director, Porter
Goss,
to purge the agency of officers believed to have been disloyal to
President
George W. Bush or of leaking damaging information to the media about the
conduct of the Iraq war and the hunt for Osama bin Laden, according to
knowledgeable sources.
"The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House," said
a
former senior CIA official who maintains close ties to both the agency
and
to the White House. "Goss was given instructions ... to get rid of those
soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White
House
as a hotbed of liberals and people who have been obstructing the
president's
agenda."
One of the first casualties appears to be Stephen R. Kappes, deputy
director
of clandestine services, the CIA's most powerful division. The
Washington
Post reported yesterday that Kappes had tendered his resignation after a
confrontation with Goss' chief of staff, Patrick Murray, but at the
behest
of the White House had agreed to delay his decision till tomorrow.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-
uscia1114,0,4055608,print.
story?coll=ny-top-headlines
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