Scooter Libby's Revenge

Count us among those who aren't shedding any tears over the departure of Porter Goss as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. When Mr. Goss was nominated back in August of 2004, we wrote that that he "has shown precious little evidence so far of being the right man for the job." At the time, we questioned Mr. Goss's bona fides in the area of personnel management, and we breasted a fair amount of acrimony from friends who thought we were overly harsh.

Now Mr. Goss has borne out precisely those concerns. Read on.