Thanks for the answer. I don't see how the White House could have done any differently without getting trashed in the press with more leaks.
I can't thank Jim Hoagland enough for saying this outloud and publically!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Nov19.html
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The ousted officials and/or their admirers at the agency fight back by doing what they do best: getting their story (and Goss's first operational memo) into the press, without identifiable fingerprints on the leaks. Schooled in the black art of camouflaging propaganda for national purposes, they can adapt the technique for personal aims.
The desire for celebrity and for the wages of spin now burns brightly even in the shadow world. This became unmistakable when best-selling author and nonetheless spy Michael Scheuer greeted Goss's appointment by announcing his resignation from the CIA and referred inquiries "to his publicist," as The Post reported without a hint of irony, surprise or incongruity.
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