Hm. "former chief of American espionage operations in Latin America" removed in 1997 for "a remarkable lack of judgment."

Sounds like School of the Americas to me with Wes Clark relieving him of command in 1997 based on the CIA I.G. report.

I'm not liking this one bit. SS or Gestapo anyone?

not on the subject but this is a cool joke:

Subject: Political humor from a child's eye
President George Bush visits a primary school
classroom. They
are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their
meanings. The
teacher asks Mr. Bush if he would like to lead the discussion on the
word
"tragedy".
So the illustrious president asks the class for an example of a
tragedy. One
little boy stands up and offers: "If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is
playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that
would
be a 'tragedy'." "No," says Bush, "that would be an accident".
A little girl raises her hand. "If a school bus carrying 50 children
drove
over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy".
"I'm afraid not" explains Mr. Bush. That's what we would call
a 'great
loss'. The room goes silent. No other children volunteered.
President Bush searches the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me
an
example of a 'tragedy'?"
Finally, at the back of the room a small boy raises his hand. In a
quiet
voice, he says: "If Air Force One, carrying you, were
struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that
would be a
'tragedy'.
"Fantastic!" exclaims Bush. "That's right. And can you tell me why
that
would be a 'tragedy'?"
"Well," says the boy "because it certainly wouldn't be a 'great loss'
and it
probably wouldn't be an "accident', either.

It wouldn't bother me so much if the Bushies just had different views on the war on terror than I have. But I just don't believe they take this shit at all seriously.

Googled "remarkable lack of judgment" and came up with this:

*16. LATIN AMERICA CIA CHIEF BOUNCED FOR PROTECTING DRUG PAL

The head of Latin American clandestine operations for the US
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was removed from his post in
November in an apparent abuse of authority involving a childhood
friend arrested in the Dominican Republic for drug possession.
According to sources that spoke to The Washington Post, the
official, whose name the Post did not publish, found out last
year that his friend--who had also worked for the CIA--had been
arrested in the Dominican Republic on charges of possessing two
ounces of cocaine and a revolver. According to the story, the
official asked the CIA station chief in the Dominican Republic to
intercede with Santo Domingo police to assure that his friend not
be mistreated, and that he have his belongings returned to him if
he was released.

A CIA employee who found out about the intervention contacted his
superiors. An internal investigation headed by CIA inspector
general Frederick P. Hitz was forwarded to the Justice
Department, which determined in May of this year that no criminal
prosecution was warranted. But a senior management panel which
reviewed the case found that the division chief had shown a
"remarkable lack of judgment," and recommended that he be demoted
and reassigned from operations to administration. The
recommendation was approved by CIA Director George J. Tenet.
Former CIA operatives said that in the past, such actions would
have led to no more than a reprimand, and some opined that the
agency was being more careful in the wake of renewed charges that
the CIA has been deeply involved in the cocaine trade--especially
the well-publicized 1996 series in the San Jose Mercury-News on
CIA links to drug running by US-backed Nicaraguan contra rebels.
[Washington Post 12/3/97]

Jo,
No surprise here. The crap that keeps coming out of Dubya & Dick’s traitorous dealings doesn't even get so much as a twitch at this stage.

Then again, wouldn't it be cool if Manuel Noriega popped his head out of solitary and screamed "George Tenet knows the truth about GHW Bush, the NSA/CIA connection and the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK JR"? Could it be that the new "Head of CIA Covert Operations" is none other than the smoking gun from the grassy knoll?

Check out this link:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/poli/soa/panama.htm

Jo,
Here is another path to follow...
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/nsaebb2.htm#1

Look for connections to "Alan Fiers", "Robert Owen", "Richard Secord" and code names like "F.U." and "B.J.".

Hopefully, someone at 1600 will overstep their bounds and piss off one of these terrorist thugs who are more than happy to re-write the rules of engagement to fit their own perverse concepts of patriotism. NO ONE IS SAFE.

it is just the beginning, the entire civil service voted against the Busheviki and this is just the first purge
http://gotv.blogspot.com/2004/11/purging-of-cia-is-just-beginning.html

I think the 1600 fuckwads have already overstepped their bounds, and pissed off some spooks.

I'm just wondering how long before the list of 'the missing' begins.

I sure as fuck wouldn't want to piss off them guys lemme tell ya. It's just the 1600 nimrods seem to forget they're 'civil servants' themselves.

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