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)
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.