Why Bush doesn't get along with the CIA

Unlike many branches of the administration, the C.I.A. still dares to demand accountability when its members mess up:

The CIA's independent watchdog has recommended disciplinary reviews for current and former officials who were involved in failed intelligence efforts before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, The Associated Press has learned.

CIA Director Porter Goss now must decide whether the disciplinary proceedings go forward.

Following a two-year review into what went wrong before the suicide hijackings, people familiar with the report say Helgerson harshly criticizes a number of the agency's most senior officials. Among them are former director George Tenet, former clandestine service chief Jim Pavitt and former counterterrorism centre head Cofer Black. The former officials are likely candidates for proceedings before an accountability board.

It can't be by accident that the report leaked out: this is exactly the sort of thing that Bushco specializes in burying, but now that the information is public it'll take an awful lot of sheer arrogance for Goss to avoid giving the go-ahead. I doubt the findings of any further inquiries will see the light of day during this administration, but there's at least some hope that a few of the shills who allowed the U.S. to go to war will yet face some responsibility for their negligence.