It's BAD...REALLY BAD!

This 'so called' shake up in the C.I.A. is a disaster in the making. They're bringing in political hacks to fill important positions... the same kind of political hacks that Bremer took to Iraq with him [and look how well that's turned out]. These MoFo's are applying a political litmus test to civil servants and squeezing out competent people who don't meet their criteria of loyalty to this pResident and his party.
CIA departures concern Congress

CIA Chief Seeks to Reassure Employees
E-Mail Sent After 2 Officials Resign

By Dana Priest and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, November 16, 2004; Page A01

...Goss has said he believes the CIA's clandestine service is dysfunctional and needs changes. His critics say the director, a former CIA case officer and Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee, is purging the agency of career officers whom he incorrectly perceives as critical of Bush administration policies.

In addition, Goss has over the last month put in charge several former Hill staff members who are not well regarded by senior officials because they lack managerial and operational experience, and are believed to have treated career officers disrespectfully.

This is not the first time a new director's personnel changes have put the agency in turmoil, but the criticism of the Goss team's actions is the first to raise questions of partisanship. ....

This seems to be happening in other parts of the government too. Apparently these Republicans are planning to leave a very insidious legacy of political operatives within the civil service.

It's bad enough that they're politicizing the civil service... but, what do you call people who'd make that politicizing a priority above wiping out al Qaida.