Congressional report warns CIA is heading over 'proverbial cliff':

"The CIA has ignored its core mission of spying, has refused to take corrective action and is heading 'over a proverbial cliff' after years of poor planning and mismanagement, the Republican-led House intelligence committee has concluded in the latest congressional broadside aimed at America's premier intelligence agency.

A report that accompanies the committee's proposed intelligence authorization bill, which was approved by the full House in a 360-61 vote last night, paints a devastating picture of the CIA division that sends clandestine agents overseas, recruits foreign spies, steals secrets and provides covert commandos for the war on terrorism. "

The CIA has been corrupt and secretive since it was formed under the leadership of former Nazi supporter Allen Dulles. The real politicizing started, of course, when Bush Snr was made head of the CIA, the most overtly political appointment in the agency's history.