Iran's president purges Intelligence Ministry

I guess this ends the speculations surrounding Ahmadinejad's assuming a "weakened" second term. In the LATimes, here

" ..... Analysts say the purge does away with decades of intelligence experience. Even after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, chose to co-opt the shah's clandestine services into his new government rather than start from scratch. .....

Officials in the Revolutionary Guard allied with the president have moved to rid the powerful Ministry of Intelligence and Security of senior officers deemed disloyal to Ahmadinejad and his allies, the analysts say. .....

 Analysts have also said that many in the ministry supported presidential challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi over Ahmadinejad...."