Bush Personnel Announcement at 1:45 EDT (Porter Goss Resigns from CIA)

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[Rutles4Ever]

Press conference at 1:45

[Txsleuth]

Sounds like Porter got a raw deal here...

I seem to remember that Tenet said that one of the problems the CIA had in the Clinton White House, was his inability to speak directly to Clinton every day.

Bush comes in...and makes it policy to talk to the CIA Director every day, especially since 9/11....and then Congress sets up this stupid new system recommended by the bogus 9/11 Commission...

and once again, the CIA Director is left out of everyday contact...

This is all my theory of course...but, I am sure that Goss was told he would have direct contact with President Bush...and Congress, and Negroponte have thwarted that.

Yes, you are correct, God Bless Mr. Goss...( I am praying I won't have to take back that statement)

[roses of sharon]

He gave a speech at the Reagan library last year saying he was only intending to stay a year at the CIA, but of course had gone on longer because the Pres asked him too.

(trying to remember where I read this)

[Blue State Insurgent]

The Praetorian Guard wins another round. Oh well, time to trot out my old JFK inspired tagline again.

[the Real fifi]

Byron York NRO The Corner has a blurb on the hearing today--Libby says he has 5 witnesses that Wilson disclosed his wife's identity and employment at the CIA to others.

[Enchante]

There's this on the Reagan Library speech (below) - I haven't found a transcript but he was quoted in several media outlets talking about an overwhelming workload (but I haven't seen anyplace where he set a time frame on his tenure in office). I think a lot of people expected that he might be a transitional director for just 2 years or so, and it's been 18 months and there's a new DNI structure that wasnt' there when Goss took on his job, so he may just think this is the best time to wrap up what he's been doing and let the next stage occur under the leadership of Negroponte and Hayden.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-06-2005/0003145038&EDATE=

Bush critics and veteran intel operatives alike were amazed when CIA Director Porter Goss, in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Library last week, apparently said he found his job overwhelming. The embarrassing report only reinforced the belief among some intel professionals that Goss's tenure has been troubled. The controversy erupted after the Associated Press quoted Goss as saying, "The jobs that I'm being asked to do, the five hats that I wear, are too much for this mortal... I'm a little amazed at the workload." Goss also reportedly said there was such "ambiguity" in the intel-reform bill that he didn't know what his official relationship was supposed to be with John Negroponte, the newly named director of National Intelligence.

[onyx]

That should suffice.

[Suzy Quzy]

Maybe all this talk about Foggo and Hookergate is a PLANTED story to OUT some LEAKERS, and stiil keep national security secrets!!

[NAVY84]

I remember in the rush of the Friday night McCarthy posts one about all of the investigations that Justice was involved in, dozens I believe. I found this:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192640,00.html

So maybe - "No matter what you hear, Goss came, he saw, he conquered. This isn't a "staff change", it has nothing to do with Rove. It was understood when he came in what he was coming in for. He did what he came to do."

If the story is correct. He took names, kicked a$$ and now he wants to go fishin'

[Suzy Quzy]

Poker, hookers, LIQUOR and CIGARS!!!! OMG!!! That's worse than MURDER!!! HANG EM HIGH!!

[HardStarboard]

>>>He is the one who called for the immediate translation of documents pertaining to Saddam's nuclear program in 2000.<<<

I believe you have this wrong. Negroponte was a huge obstruction to getting the "Iraq Documents" translated and released. Negroponte was afraid that there might some documents whose release could "offend" a friendly government......rumor he was worried about offending Russia or France!!

Rep Hoesktra (R-MI) (sp) took the lead on this effort and has been very vocal about the need to get them all translated. Hoesktra had to fight Negroponte to get this done. Basically he outflanked him by getting the documents controlled by the military and translated by freelancers: IE: Jveritas of Free Republic.

Bush, inexplicably, has not seemed interested in getting the facts out there!? Goss's resignation now makes me even more apprehensive that Bush has lost the initiative in the fight against our enemies (the WOT) and the Democrat enablers of our enemies.

[roses of sharon]

Thanks for doing my work for me! (I must learn to post articles)

[Txsleuth]

MSNBC...Andrea Mitchell reporting Goss was fired.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Maybe this new guy is the best for the job, maybe Goss was not tough enough. <<<

Ahhhhh...what new guy. I don't think one was named - which probably says this was an abrupt move that took Bush by suprise.

I think goss was up the the job if he had had more help for Bush, Justice and Negroponte in going after (prosecuting) leakers in the CIA.

Without that backing, he probably felt his had been thrust into an impossible job.

[bnelson44]

Andrea Mitchell reporting Goss was fired.

And she would know how?

[roses of sharon]

Her anti-American "sources".

[Suzy Quzy]

I don't trust Negroponte...don't know why though.

[roses of sharon]

Russert reported they have been looking a resumes for weeks, sounds like Monday he will be named.

[Txsleuth]

Her sources.

[Suzy Quzy]

Amen....Pray for Porter Goss.

[ReignOfError]

Sounds like Porter got a raw deal here...

I think he probably knew he was going to be a transitional figure. His job was to come in and clean house, and that's not a way to make yourself popular. What's unclear is whether, or to what degree, he accomplished a restructuring of the CIA before he got nudged out or got fed up, whichever happened.

You're right that he could not have predicted the creation of a redundant layer of bureaucracy (Director of Central Intelligence: Which part is unclear?) above his head. He probably anticipated -- as I did -- more aggregation of agencies like DIA and NSA under DCI supervision and analysis rather than another agency to make the Central -- there's that word again -- Intelligence Agency less central.