July 03, 2004

CIA Director....?
Posted by Jon Henke

The Roulette wheel is spinning over at the CIA....

The White House is getting close to naming a CIA director as counterterror officials warn of a heightened risk of attack leading up to the election four months away. [...] Officials close to Bush have said more than one person is under consideration to take over direction of the CIA and the 14 other agencies that make up the nation's intelligence apparatus.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., is said to be on the list. Washington insiders have speculated for a month about who else may be: Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage; former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga.; Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif.; former National Security Agency director, retired Adm. William O. Studeman; and perhaps McLaughlin.

Sam Nunn--a hawkish Democrat--as Director of the CIA. Both pragmatically and politically, that might not be an entirely bad idea. (or, of course, it could turn out for Bush like Louis Freeh turned out for Clinton)

We'll see.

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