Posted on 05/05/2006 8:21:37 PM PDT by hipaatwo
Porter J. Goss was forced to step down yesterday as CIA director, ending a turbulent 18-month tenure marked by an exodus of some of the agency's top talent and growing White House dissatisfaction with his leadership during a time of war.
Seated next to President Bush in the Oval Office, Goss, a Republican congressman from Florida before he took over the CIA, said he was "stepping aside" but gave no reason for the departure. Bush, who did not name a successor, said he had accepted the resignation and thanked Goss for his service.
"Porter's tenure at the CIA was one of transition, where he's helped this agency become integrated into . . . the intelligence community," Bush said. "That was a tough job, and he's led ably." Bush said he had developed a "very close personal relationship" with Goss, who succeeded George J. Tenet at the agency's helm in September 2004.
But senior administration officials said Bush had lost confidence in Goss, 67, almost from the beginning and decided months ago to replace him. In what was described as a difficult meeting in April with Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte, Goss was told to prepare to leave by May, according to several officials with knowledge of the conversation.
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"Regrettably, Porter Goss's tenure as director of the CIA was a tumultuous one," said Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), vice chairman of the intelligence panel. "We must have a leader with strong credentials, a demonstrated track record of independence and objectivity, and the ability to bring much needed harmony within the ranks."
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Here comes the left MSM...spinning something that's got NO feet to it whatsoever.....
OOPSY...Rockefeller is the last person to be speaking out about this...IMHO>
Given the track record of these "lifers." the best thing that could happen would be the breakup of of the agency or merging it with another agency, in which case the whole bunch could fight it out.
Gosh...it took 8 posts to get the first one to blame Bush...
Some freepers are slipping...
Some freepers are slipping...
The Bush-bashers are a bit tipsy from the Cinco de Mayo parties they've crashed.
No, but even more shocking, they did not introduce her as 'Pulitzer Prize Winner".... guess they think the jury is still out on that one.
LOL...si senor~~
The usual Pincus Penis Pulling...and they pay him for it. If you're a liberal, it doesn't get any better than that.
it just strikes me as interesting .. the resignation came as a surprise to the Washington press corps. Did or did not Priest/Pincus know in advance? Was this a clever way to reveal even more leakers in the CIA? I'm not buying that Goss was pushed out. And certainly not if his big offense was offending the lifers there. The place is crawling with Clinton syncophants who should have been sent packing on or about Jan 20 2001. Just can't help thinking there is a whole lot more to that that we will probably never know.
Baker? All he did for Iraq, to my knowledge, is basically fund raise for it in the international community, in the form of getting them to forgive Iraq's debt that was run up by Saddam Hussein. And that effort by Baker happened some time ago, I believe. For the life of me I cannot connect that to anything going on with the leadership of the CIA.
OMG the mods changed it? Hope I'm not in trouble.
LMAO!! I'm eating fried rice and almost choked on it when I read your comment.
Well everybody is good at something, and that's Wally's...
I doubt it...I think they would have contacted you by now...they probably got a kick out of it...but, in order to not get in trouble with the COMPOST, they have to make sure everything is copacetic.
Yikes, the NYT bathhouse boys will be jealous of old Walter!
I want to thank you. That's the first hearty laugh I've had since the Moussoui verdict.
Oh ok. Thanks. They didn't contact me. Guess I should have put it in the title instead.
I am just guessing here...I have been here a year and a half..and haven't worked up the nerve to post even one thread...LOL
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