CIA internal report recommends disciplinary actions

The CIA inspector general asks Director Porter Goss to institute disciplinary reviews[*1] of CIA agents who failed to act prior to 9/11:

Following a two-year review into what went wrong before the suicide hijackings, (CIA inspector general John) Helgerson harshly criticizes a number of the agency’s most senior officials, according to people familiar with the report. Among those singled out for criticism are former CIA Director George Tenet, former clandestine service chief Jim Pavitt and former counterterrorism center head Cofer Black.
. . . Those who know Goss well question whether the director, who took over the agency last September, will commission the disciplinary reviews.

Despite public outcries for accountability, many in the intelligence community believe Goss would be loath to try to discipline popular former senior officials and cause unrest within the agency.

With all due respect to the AP and Newsday, the last two quoted paragraphs are ridiculous. There will be accountability here. Anyone at the CIA who has the “my job’s too important to be held accountable” attitude needs to be gone. Now.