CIA Vs. Congress Vs. The White House, The Nation: Who To Root For In The Intelligence Tussle? - CBS News

I doubt that anyone is really fooled by Hoekstra. He threw a little hissy fit, as his ego was offended.

It's over. We won't hear anymore about it.

CIA Vs. Congress Vs. The White House, The Nation: Who To Root For In The Intelligence Tussle? - CBS News:

It was easy for some to see Hoekstra as a heroic reformer challenging secret government. Truthdig.org named Hoekstra the 'Truthdigger of the Week.' But the spy wars of Washington are not linear affairs, and the battle lines murky. Is the CIA a rotting institution that failed prior to 9/11 and then provided Bush flawed intelligence to justify an invasion of Iraq? Or is it a bastion of risk-averse conventionalists who have undermined Bush's ambitious, forward-looking national security agenda (which includes the Iraq war)? The CIA has been getting it from the left and the right in recent years. And it's unclear whether the top tier of the agency ought to be backed or booted.