GOSS KNOWS WHO'S BOSS

Is Republican apologist Rep. Porter Goss of Florida really the right man to lead the CIA? The Bush administration certainly thinks so, and with good reason.

Goss, a former CIA agent during the late 1960s and early 1970s, doesn't think the leak of operative Valerie Plame deserves attention, saying the incident is part of "wild and unsubstantiated allegations."

Yet he telegraphs in clearly partisan language exactly where his allegiances lie.

"Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation," he said.