The Dominos Fall

Via Fox News:

Among those expected to hand in resignation letters is the Pentagon's top intelligence official, Under Secretary of Defense Steve Cambone, a close Rumsfeld associate and a key architect in planning for the Iraq war and the War on Terror.

Cambone is the first person to hold the post, and in doing so helped the Pentagon step up its own intelligence gathering assets, a role traditionally overseen by the CIA. The new system led to turf battles between the two agencies in recent years.

This resignation is hardly unexpected, and as the article mentions, more are certainly on the way.

The article also mentions this, which makes me uneasy:

In announcing the secretary's resignation, President Bush said he was nominating Robert Gates, a veteran of the CIA under President George H.W. Bush, to lead the Pentagon. Though closely tied to the Bush family, Gates is considered by many to be an agent of change.

Rep. Jane Harman, the expected next chairwoman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Gates would be a good fit to run the Department of Defense because of his intelligence background.

"He will respect the role of civilian intelligence agencies, including the CIA," Harman, D-Calif., said.

Harmon is one of many Democrats that backs John Murtha's "over the horizon" movement of soldiers out of Iraq.

The more I hear about Bob Gates and who is supporting him, the more I come to think he's the "Harriet Miers" nominee for Secretary of Defense.

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 11:08 AM

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Posted by: Purple Avenger at November 09, 2006 01:33 PM (c/i49)

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