It's been a while...

It has been awhile, sorry; but between Lisa's maneuverings and Chris's...well, Chris being Chris, I have not been given a blog writing assignment until just now. And mind you, the assignment wasn't much in the way of detail. "Write something," was the order I got from one of the Babes. Alas, such is the lot of a lowly old Colonel.

Little has happened since I last yelled into the blogosphere, yeah right. But as this is a blog, and usually we do current events, it would seem appropriate that I do that as well. So, here goes.

The CIA is in turmoil--again. The Executive Director, kind of like the Chief of Staff, has just resigned over there over sex, gambling, rock and roll; juicy stuff. This disaster was only eclipsed by the firing or resignation or leaving, or a combination of them all, of the head guy, the Director of the CIA, Porter Goss. Oh, in case you did not think it could get even juicier, Goss is the guy who brought the sexed out Executive Director into the agency.

Damn! This is not a good day for what is our first line of defense in the undeclared War on Terror.

All of this, when we are supposed to be at our best; when we are supposed to be at our sharpest. Hell! we are kind of looking at

Iran

, and instead of focusing on that we are going to go through yet another cluster of hearings and political posturing. This will be the third Director of the CIA we have had in three years and the truth is that we may not get this one.

The President has decided to run Air Force General Hayden up the flag poll and see who salutes. Hell, on this one even the Republicans are bailing out--not a pretty site. Here is my take. We have a less than 55 years young agency in the CIA. Surely we have some professional spooks out there who can also lead. Surely we can do better than this Air Force guy?

Hayden ran the NSA, where he spent billions on a failed intelligence system overhaul and said its OK to tap the phones of Americans without a court order. This is not a good beginning. I am in favor of wire tapping just not without some form of control.

My bet it that this guy Hayden will get a grilling and pull out and then we might, just might, get the right man or woman for this very important job--maybe the most important of jobs.

Col. David Hunt