The New York Times aquired a copy of a memy written by the new intelligence chief, Porter Goss:

[Goss] has told Central Intelligence Agency employees that their job is to "support the administration and its policies in our work. As agency employees we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies."

They quote Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) as saying "It's just very hard to divine what's going on over there."

Of course it's not. Bush is purging anyone who might be disloyal to him. Molly Ivins observes:

Bad Nooz. In the first place, the concept of “purge” has not hitherto played much part in our history, and now is no time to start.

“Disloyalty to Bush,” or any president, is not the same as disloyalty to the country.

That’s what I was most afraid of in the next four years: the complete closing of the circle, the old Bush emphasis on loyalty as the first and most important asset. Bush has been making this mistake for years, and it is clear it will now get worse. The clash of ideas is not welcome in his office. He wants everything solved in a one-page memo.

Odd that the President would want so many memos. Whenever we get ahold of them, it's "bad nooz."

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