Two weeks after George Bush's reelection, Porter J. Goss, the newly appointedDirector of Central Intelligence, wrote aninternal memorandum to all employees of his agency telling them, "[Ourjob is to] support the administration and its policies in our work. As agencyemployees, we do not identify with, support, or champion opposition to theadministration or its policies."[1] Translated from bureaucrat-speak, thisdirective says, "You now work for the Republican Party. The intelligenceyou produce must first and foremost protect the President from being heldaccountable for the delusions he has concerning Iraq, Osama bin Laden,preventive war, torturing captives, democracy growing from the barrel of a gun,and the 'war on terror.'"