New CIA director said he's not qualified
 

ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY

On Tuesday, August 10th, 2004, George W. Bush nominated Florida Rep. Porter Goss to head the Central Intelligence Agency.

Rep. Porter Goss, appeared briefly in Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11.' But part of his March 3, 2004 interview for the movie, which did not make it into the film, has suddenly taken on major significance. The following is an excerpt from the interview:


INTERVIEWER: [Y]ou come from intelligence. This is what you did, this is what you know.

REP. GOSS: Uh, that was, uh, 35 years ago.

INTERVIEWER: Okay.

REP. GOSS: It is true I was in CIA from approximately the late 50's to approximately the early 70's. And it's true I was a case officer, clandestine services office and yes I do understand the core mission of the business. I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified. I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably. And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day, "Dad you got to get better on your computer." Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have.
-- Rep. Porter Goss, March 3, 2004, Washington, DC

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=128

What a jackass.

The CIA director would not be used as a spy. He will not be doing high-tech work that the lower level people do.

What a stupid jackass. (Moore that is)

-Rudey
--All the live long day.

Re: New CIA director said he's not qualified
 

"Reading analytically" will allow you to understand that he is referring to being a FIELD OPERATIVE, which would require language skills and a background as an 'arabist.'

Contest is important, ALL THE LIVELONG DAY, jackmove.


EDIT: and what a stunner that this logical breakdown comes from SIATS, mikey moore . . . weird

Re: New CIA director said he's not qualified
 

You got that from the Michael Moore's website? Consider the source. There is a difference between the Director of the CIA and a field operative. I wouldn't want either doing the other's job.

Points well taken.

The job is as much management as it is anything else. The language skill comment is meaningless when taken totally out of context. He says he couldn't get a job in the field -- which is a long way from the job for which he has been nominated.

You probably would be hard pressed to find a present day field officer with the management/political/analytical skills of Rep. Goss.

I don't know if he's the best man for the job, but arguing that he isn't because of something out of Michael Moore isn't something I'm going to put too much faith in.

While Goss may not understand the finer points of current practices, the fact is it doesn't really impact his job.

He isn't responsilbe for gather the intelligence, nor is he responsible for the anaylsis... that is job of the operatives and agents... Goss's job is the disemination of the final evaluation to government bodies; nothing more nothing less.