Former CIA agent Larry Johnson reminds us that Bob Gates, Pres. Bush’s nominee to replace Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, was accused of tailoring intelligence to fit the political agenda of the Reagan Administration:
The press has forgotten that Bob Gates, during his time at CIA, acquired a reputation for trying to tailor intelligence to satisfy political masters in the Reagan White House.
In addition, Bob Gates, a man of enormous intellect and a photographic memory, conveniently forgot salient facts and meetings surrounding the Iran Contra scandal.
The doubts about Gates surfaced during confirmation hearings held in the fall of 1991 to consider his nomination to become the Director of CIA. Ironically, the questions then are still relevant today. Several analysts came out publicly against Gates. These included Melvin Goodman and Harold Ford. Remember Harold Ford? The guy who moved to the Department of State and faced the bullying of John Bolton?
And:
I remember talking to the South African analyst back in 1988, who told me about the time Bob Gates tried to change the lede on an intelligence piece, which argued that Nelson Mandela was NOT a communist. Gates wanted the lede to say that Mandela was a communist. The analyst kicked back hard and ultimately prevailed, but this behavior was consistent with his reputation as a political animal willing to curry favor with the political masters downtown and sacrifice sound analysis.
Gates was also a key figure in the Iran-Contra Scandal. Primarily he is a Bush family factotum.
Sounds like damaged goods to me.
YES AND HE WILL SHAPE THE INTELLIGENCE FOR BUSH! BUSH JUST PUT ANOTHER DAM RUMMY IN THE SPOT FOR HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS AND WILL ACCEPT NOTHING ELSE SHORT OF IT! BUSH IS A DICTATOR! AND I BELIEVE HE WILL START ANOTHER WAR TO STAY IN OFFICE WHEN THE TIME COMES!!!!
It’s my understanding that Gates has some little knowledge of shaping intel with regards to Iran,from the days of the Iran/Contra Scandle.He will do nicely then, in the bush regime’s bid to involve and quagmire the US,its treasury and soldiers,in another upcoming war in Iran.Tho it is possible that they will be denied this adventure in nuclear war by the newly elected Dem Congress.They will not take power until Jan.however,support for such a venture is nonexistant with the American people.I think bush will be denied his ultimate attempt at total destruction because the grown-ups arrived just in time.Now we’re just trying to figure out what to do with he and his accomplices because we must get them all at one time in this final strategy.