Bloodletting Begins at CIA

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BLOODLETTING BEGINS AT CIA


In other news, the bloodletting at CIA has begun.  The Chief of Langley's
Counterterrorism Center has taken a new job in the men's restroom after
"an extraordinarily successful three-year tour in the counterterrorism
center," according to CIA spokesman Bill Harlow.

It's not mentioned here, but high-level sources indicate Harlow bit clear
through his tongue keeping a straight face after being forced to use
the phrase "extraordinarily successful" in this context.


AP via The New York Times - May 17, 2002
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-CIA-Counterterrorism-Chief.html

CIA Counterterror Chief Steps Down

WASHINGTON, May 17 (AP)--A top figure in the CIA's war on terrorism
is leaving his job.

Cofer Black, chief of the agency's counterterror center, is taking
another senior position at the agency, said CIA spokesman Bill
Harlow. Harlow refused to reveal Black's new role.

"Cofer has completed an extraordinarily successful three-year tour in
the counterterrorism center," Harlow said. "He is not being moved out
in any negative sense. He is held in the highest regard by the
director of central intelligence," George Tenet.

[at this point, not only is a trickle of blood coming from Harlow's
tongue, but he's hyperventilating and -- has he wet himself with
repressed mirth?]

His replacement, an undercover CIA operative, has been selected but
will not be publicly identified, Harlow said.

[the better to ward off future embarrassment, no doubt.]

Black was a senior undercover officer for the CIA and played a role
in France's capture of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, commonly known as
Carlos the Jackal, once the world's most famous terrorist.

The counterterrorism center, at CIA headquarters in McLean, Va.,
includes both CIA operations officers and analysts, as well as
officials from the FBI, Federal Aviation Administration, Immigration
and Naturalization Service and other agencies. Its staff has doubled
since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

"(Black) is pleased to be able to see his family a little bit more,"
Harlow said. "It's a very difficult job in the best of times. In
wartime it's even more strenuous."

[Ah yes -- time with the family.  Don't let the door slam your ass on
the way out.]

 
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