porter goss isn’t qualified
there’s nothing quite like being your own worst reference…
Filmmaker Moore Quotes Goss on Lack of CIA Credentials [reuters, august 11, 2004]U.S. Congressman Porter Goss, President Bush’s nominee for CIA director, could be his own worst enemy when it comes to making the case that he deserves to lead the U.S. intelligence agency.
“I couldn’t get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified,” the Florida Republican told documentary-maker Michael Moore’s production company during the filming of the anti-Bush movie “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
A day after Bush picked Goss for the top U.S. spy job, Moore on Wednesday released an excerpt from a March 3 interview in which the 65-year-old former House of Representatives intelligence chief recounts his lack of qualifications for employment as a modern CIA staffer.
“I don’t have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We’re looking for Arabists today. I don’t have the cultural background probably,” Goss is quoted in an interview transcript.
“And I certainly don’t have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day: ‘Dad you got to get better on your computer.’ Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don’t have.”
Goss, who served with the CIA clandestine services in Latin America and Europe in the 1960s, was not immediately available for comment.
this could make the confirmation hearings very, very interesting….
Filmmaker Moore Quotes Goss on Lack of CIA Credentials [reuters, august 11, 2004]A White House spokesman declined to comment specifically on the Goss interview but described the lawmaker as “the most qualified man for the job.”
that does not bode well.
generally, i prefer the idea of people who don’t want these jobs doing these jobs – that’s a strange comfort. but, if the “most qualified man” for the job thinks he’s not qualified for the job… i guess that means we need a woman? this politics thing is so confusing sometimes….