And what's with this Porter Goss guy? I read recently that he was being criticized inside the Agency because he took time away from his busy responsibilities to visit "picturesque Slovenia." Now, that caught my eye, because I had just spent a month there. I thought to myself, "now just what is it that the head of the CIA is doing in this lovely little country with only 2 million people?" Slovenia had taken an ambiguous position at the outset of the war, and with the administration desperate for more troops, maybe he was trying to enlist support. My quandary may have been resolved when I discovered that Goss is an avid organic gardener. Well, he went to the right place as this is a country that does "the food thing" right, and there is much to learn there. Whew! I was relieved! But then, I read the Washington Post's story about secret CIA Prisons. I certainly hope he hasn't conned this friendly and wonderful people into accepting one of these. Doesn't seem likely since at least 90 percent of the Slovenian people were hoping John Kerry would win the election last year, and a large percentage of this 90 percent think George Bush is a madman. So, while I somewhat reassured that none of these prisons are in Slovenia, I'm not reassured by Goss's seeming justification for excluding the CIA from John McCain's Amendment outlawing Torture under any circumstances. Goss's claim that the Agency "does not torture" would be more reassuring if it were not the same statement that has been made by Bush and Cheney and their "torture boy" Alberto Gonzales. Frankly, the statement by Porter Goss that his agents are using "unique" and"innovative" methods sounds a little spooky to me. Stay tuned.