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America the Corrupt

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Today, Porter Goss, the head of the CIA, resigned suddently or abruptly quit (depending on how you view it) for no apparant reason. News sources are saying it might be because his role and importance have been diminished in the post 9/11 restructuring (as now the head of the CIA answers to the National Intelligence Director – currently John D. Negroponte) or because people who were going to resign at the end of Bush’s term were encouraged to do so now as part of the big “shakeup” that the WS is currently undergoing.
I call “bullshit” and instead would like to point everyone to the Center for American Progress’s report from yesterday titled “Sex, Lies and Government Contracts. It talked about how Congressman Duke Cunningham’s record 2.4 million dollars in bribes and his resulting 8 year prison sentence may be the mere tip of the iceberg in terms of Washington corruption. It also mentioned a Harper’s magazine report that said that “under intense scrutiny by the FBI are current and former lawmakers on Defense and Intelligence committees — including one person who now holds a powerful intelligence post.” The C for AP says that “CIA Director Porter Goss is perhaps the only individual who fits such a description.” And now he’s gone today? Something smells rotten to me.