Thanks, Peg .. great job! .. it would have been really interesting .. on seeing you were going i had a look at wiki .. this bit caught my eye ..
Gates while Director of Central Intelligence.
Gates was Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from March until August 1989, and was Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser from August 1989 until November 1991.
Gates was nominated (for the second time, see below) for the position of Director of Central Intelligence by President George H. W. Bush on May 14, 1991, confirmed by the Senate on November 5, and sworn in on November 6, becoming the only career officer in the CIA's history (as of 2005) to rise from entry-level employee to Director.
During a Senate committee hearing on his nomination, former division chief Melvin Goodman testified that the agency was the most corrupt and slanted during the tenure of William Casey with Gates serving as Deputy. According to Goodman, Gates was part of an agency leadership that proliferated false information and ignored 'reality'. National Intelligence Council chairman Harold P. Ford testified that during his tenure, Gates had transgressed professional boundaries.
Deputy Directors during his tenure were Richard J. Kerr (from November 6, 1991 until March 2, 1992) and Adm. William O. Studeman (from April 9, 1992 through the remainder of Gates' tenure). He served until 1993.
Gates was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence (head of the CIA) in early 1987. He withdrew his name after it became clear the Senate would reject the nomination due to controversy about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
"former division chief Melvin Goodman"'s comments were a surprise to me, either new or 'lost .. chuckle ..
Ooi, did Mr. Gates say anything public about his Iraq intelligence concerns back when? .. or maybe he's formed those uncomplimentary thoughts on that intelligence situation since ..
Putin return .. lol .. no surprise .. glad to see he is repeating no war .. highest praise for Reagan of the Contra affair years .. ok .. i like this bit ..
"Sending Americans into harm's way weighed heavily on Gates - he described the Friday morning meetings where he was presented with troop deployment recommendations awaiting his approval. He said "all wars end in mud" to drive home the point wars cannot be conducted solely from the air/with drones and eventually there has to be boots on the ground."
That concern of Gates contrasts with Romney's lack of concern for people in his more 'efficient', yet much much meaner of "corporations are people" form of capitalism.
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