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It's looking like this was not quite so sudden, and not necessarily even remotely, scandal-related. If the latest MSM rumor mill on both AP and Fox turns out to be correct, then General Michael Hayden (Negroponte's deputy) is already slated to be the next CIA Director and it may be announced as soon as MONDAY:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060506/ap_on_go_pr_wh/white_house_shake_up

Of course, even if it is Hayden and even it they are already prepared to announce it on Monday, that doesn't prove it wasn't a sudden change or scandal-related. But I'm sticking with my hunch that it's mainly a case of Negroponte taking the next step in the reorganization of the intel community - Hayden has been his point man in so many ways on this re-org, as I have posted about above, and it could make a great deal of sense to send him now into the Augean Stables of the CIA and try to turn that place into a far more professional and competent organization than it has been with all the screw-ups and leaks in recent years.

It may simply be that Goss completed his transitional mission and it was the appropriate time to put at the head of the CIA someone who could well run the place for the next 5-10 years (which Goss had no interest in doing, from what I've heard).

Of course, even if it is Hayden and even it they are already prepared to announce it on Monday, that doesn't prove it wasn't a sudden change or scandal-related.

What proves it is not scandal-related is the fact that both President Bush and John Negroponte were with Porter Goss in the Oval Office to announce the latter's resignation. (The individual who started the "it's due to scandal" thing on this thread was being deliberately malicious in my opinion.)

A photo from today.

I came so late to this thread (and I don't have time to rush through its 1000+ posts at the minute) so you may well have discussed this before, but on another thread on Goss's resignation I noted this:

However there have also been rumblings of discontent at the CIA's headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Several high-level CIA staff have resigned recently.

CIA boss in surprise resignation ~ Mr Goss said: "I believe the agency is on a very even keel

So I asked if anyone else had heard about this but got no answers. Could it be that Peter Goss, below the radar of the MSM, has been able to come much farther with his house-cleaning, and the firing of McCarthy was just a final touch?

I know I may be desparately looking for good signs. Anyone here able to shed some light on this?