[Diddle E. Squat]

It does sound like it is related to something like Foggo/Cunningham/Hookergate.

Then again, it could also be some conflict between him and Negroponte with Goss bolting in anger instead of waiting for a smooth transition, with perhaps the Hookergate allegations a going-away smear job by the CIA's sedition wing to make political hay out of this.

[ReformedTreeHugger]

It wouldn't look very good if it turned out to be something bad and then put word out that this is just part of the staff changes going on....... MSM would eat him up!

[Enchante]

It might be something as obvious as bureaucratic diminishment of the CIA under the new DCI Negroponte (and Goss feeling passed over). Then again, I remember when Goss was appointed there was talk that he didn't expect to do it for 5+ years and that he had been on the verge of retirement, etc. Maybe he's just done the stint that he planned on, made some changes that he thought were most urgent, and now wants to pass it on to someone who may serve 5-10 years and continue with reforms. At least that's what I'm hoping......

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627434/posts

"CIA supporters are upset about what they see as the neutering of an agency that helped win the Cold War and worry that it will undermine its human spy responsibilities, of which the CIA is still in charge. "It's a huge thing going on. It's a huge drama and nobody's picking up on it," the former CIA official said of the DNI's realignment of CIA responsibilities. "CIA feels quite friendless right now. We're seeing more pieces of it just keep being moved to the door." A senior U.S. official sympathetic to the CIA warns that "if the DNI's not careful, the Agency and what it does will be different, and maybe that’s what everybody wants. That’s OK, but maybe the Agency won’t be able to do what everybody wants."