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Thursday, November 18, 2004

Memo about stopping leaks leaked

Telegraph.co.uk:

The Central Intelligence Agency's new director has called on his staff to stop leaking damaging top secret memos as he seeks to control what President George W Bush sees as one of the more recalcitrant and even mutinous arms of government. ... "As agency employees, we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies," he said in an internal memo that was leaked yesterday.
This whole issue raises interesting questions. One the one hand, CIA and other government employees should be doing what the boss wants done and not trying to set policy on their own. One the other hand, if improper actions or misuse of facts should be released to the public for scrutiny. Of course the irony of a memo about stopping leaks being leaked is delicious.

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