Purges at the CIA

Lots of articles lately, for instance here.

My question is: JUST HOW LONG CAN BUSH FUCK WITH THE CIA AND NOT HAVE THEM BITE HIS ASS BADLY?

I don't get it, frankly. Seems like you really wouldn't want to screw around with the CIA-- especially clandestine service people.

The only thing I can figure is since GHW Bush was the top CIA man, GW Bush can get away with this.

Side note-- in the NYTimes piece, they had this bit:

The officer designated by Mr. Goss to take over the operations directorate was stripped of his Latin America post for attempting to intervene on behalf of a boyhood friend who had been arrested on narcotics charges in the Dominican Republic. An intelligence official noted that Mr. Goss had chosen him "in full knowledge'' of that episode, saying, "The guy served his time in the penalty box, and he went on to do good things.''

... and so it goes....