Where to begin? This reminds me of the scenes in "I Claudius" where Caligula first came to power and his captain of the guard, Sejanus (played by Patrick Stewart), went around killing all possible opponents in their sleep.
Our man is less bloody but just as brutal. He had already rid himself of anyone who ever made the unforgiveable error of giving him accurate advice. Now he is rewarding the idiots who gave him the idiotic advice with the most powerful positions in the land.
So he gives the boot to the eunuch Powell, and replaces him with Condoleezza "Mushroom Cloud" Rice, who never heard of Al Qaeda before 9/11 and "couldn't have imagined" terrorists flying planes into buildings. She in turn is to be replaced by Mr. Yellowcake (aka Mr. Plame outer).
John Ashcroft will not be missed, but to replace him with a man who advised the President that, despite his oath of office, following international treaties is actually optional, and called the Geneva Convention "quaint" is unconscionable.
Then there is the CIA. Unbelievably, instead of getting rid of the sycophants who told the President what he wanted to hear (OK, he already did get rid of Tenet) he is now purging the true patriots who actually put the security of the country ahead of any political agenda. Converting the CIA into a neocon think tanks isn't just a bad idea; it isn't just dangerous; it approaches treason.
So what's the worst they can do?