Goss Resigns As Head Of CIA
Drudge has it up. But Reuters has the story.
CIA chief Porter Goss, assigned to rebuild the U.S. spy agency after huge intelligence lapses over the September 11 attacks and Iraq, abruptly quit on Friday after less than two years on the job.
President George W. Bush gave no explanation for Goss' resignation, praising the former member of Congress from Florida for his candid advice.
The announcement was made at a hastily arranged event in the Oval Office attended by Goss and John Negroponte, director of national intelligence.
"Porter's tenure at the CIA was one of transition. He's helped this agency become integrated into the intelligence community. That was a tough job. He's led ably," Bush said.
The CIA fell under a newly created director of national intelligence as part of reforms enacted after intelligence failures related to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Some bureaucratic wrangling has resulted as the new intelligence arm sought to assert itself over the CIA and met some opposition from the veteran spy agency.
"I'm confident that his successor will continue reforms that he's put in place and as a result, this country will be more secure," Bush said.
This will not please Thomas. He supported the ascension of Porter Goss to DCI. And it will be tough to find a replacement. It is obvious, now more than ever, that CIA needs a director to handle not only the day-to-day operations, but also to stop up any further leaking that may be occurring. While he was there, the CIA did improve. And they did catch one of their leakers in Mary McCarthy--a woman that I hope enjoys spending some time behind bars where she belongs.
But CIA is long from finished interms of revamping it. The need for HUMINT on the ground is more prevalent than ever, especially with Iran and it's nuclear program boiling over. We will miss having Porter Goss there. We also hope the president appoints someone equally as qualified to run CIA. No more political weenies. the presidnet should look to former CIA officers that did their job the best they could while there, and who understand what being an intelligence service is.
The Bunny ;)
ADDENDUM: Michelle Malkin notes that Allah Pundit at Hot Air has some interesting notes made about this. That includes this from the Former Sppok at In From The Cold:
What disturbs me about the Goss resignation is the possibility that internal battles may have worn down the director, and eventually convinced him to throw in the towel. It’s no secret that Goss has been fighting pitched battles against staffers who oppose Bush Administration policies, and the new management team at the CIA. Goss recently fired CIA officer Mary McCarthy for unauthorized contacts with the press, and there are hints that other agency staffers may be implicated as well. But earlier this week, the CIA launched an investigation of the agency’s #3 official–a Goss appointee–in connection with the bribery scandal that sent former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham to federal prison. Given the timing–and announcement–of the inquiry, there was some belief that the probe was something of a “counter-attack” by agency’s anti-administration cabal.
The CIA still has some problems within it. To that there can be no argument. Those opposed to the administration (whether they be insolent children uoset at their positions within the Agency, or simply Clinton holdovers that are occupying space because no one has fired them yet) need to be gotten rid of. As an intelligence agency within the US government, they are to do what the president orders them to do. If the do not, the door should hit them on the way out. Personally, I am sick of this war between the "dhimmis" in the government that dislike the administration, and the administration when it is trying to fight a war.
Bill Kristol admitted on FOX that he does not think that Goss wanted to resign, and the president was not prepared for this. He states that were this planned, the president would have had a successor ready to go. So, we are literally back at square one. One thing is certain: Whomever the president chooses, it had better be someone who can handle the job, handle the dhimmis that dislike the president, and continue to undermine him, and someone who understands the vital role the CIA will be playing in the years to come as this war goes on.
The Bunny ;) (12:21 p.m.--AZ Time)
Drudge has it up. But Reuters has the story.
CIA chief Porter Goss, assigned to rebuild the U.S. spy agency after huge intelligence lapses over the September 11 attacks and Iraq, abruptly quit on Friday after less than two years on the job.
President George W. Bush gave no explanation for Goss' resignation, praising the former member of Congress from Florida for his candid advice.
The announcement was made at a hastily arranged event in the Oval Office attended by Goss and John Negroponte, director of national intelligence.
"Porter's tenure at the CIA was one of transition. He's helped this agency become integrated into the intelligence community. That was a tough job. He's led ably," Bush said.
The CIA fell under a newly created director of national intelligence as part of reforms enacted after intelligence failures related to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
Some bureaucratic wrangling has resulted as the new intelligence arm sought to assert itself over the CIA and met some opposition from the veteran spy agency.
"I'm confident that his successor will continue reforms that he's put in place and as a result, this country will be more secure," Bush said.
This will not please Thomas. He supported the ascension of Porter Goss to DCI. And it will be tough to find a replacement. It is obvious, now more than ever, that CIA needs a director to handle not only the day-to-day operations, but also to stop up any further leaking that may be occurring. While he was there, the CIA did improve. And they did catch one of their leakers in Mary McCarthy--a woman that I hope enjoys spending some time behind bars where she belongs.
But CIA is long from finished interms of revamping it. The need for HUMINT on the ground is more prevalent than ever, especially with Iran and it's nuclear program boiling over. We will miss having Porter Goss there. We also hope the president appoints someone equally as qualified to run CIA. No more political weenies. the presidnet should look to former CIA officers that did their job the best they could while there, and who understand what being an intelligence service is.
The Bunny ;)
ADDENDUM: Michelle Malkin notes that Allah Pundit at Hot Air has some interesting notes made about this. That includes this from the Former Sppok at In From The Cold:
What disturbs me about the Goss resignation is the possibility that internal battles may have worn down the director, and eventually convinced him to throw in the towel. It’s no secret that Goss has been fighting pitched battles against staffers who oppose Bush Administration policies, and the new management team at the CIA. Goss recently fired CIA officer Mary McCarthy for unauthorized contacts with the press, and there are hints that other agency staffers may be implicated as well. But earlier this week, the CIA launched an investigation of the agency’s #3 official–a Goss appointee–in connection with the bribery scandal that sent former Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham to federal prison. Given the timing–and announcement–of the inquiry, there was some belief that the probe was something of a “counter-attack” by agency’s anti-administration cabal.
The CIA still has some problems within it. To that there can be no argument. Those opposed to the administration (whether they be insolent children uoset at their positions within the Agency, or simply Clinton holdovers that are occupying space because no one has fired them yet) need to be gotten rid of. As an intelligence agency within the US government, they are to do what the president orders them to do. If the do not, the door should hit them on the way out. Personally, I am sick of this war between the "dhimmis" in the government that dislike the administration, and the administration when it is trying to fight a war.
Bill Kristol admitted on FOX that he does not think that Goss wanted to resign, and the president was not prepared for this. He states that were this planned, the president would have had a successor ready to go. So, we are literally back at square one. One thing is certain: Whomever the president chooses, it had better be someone who can handle the job, handle the dhimmis that dislike the president, and continue to undermine him, and someone who understands the vital role the CIA will be playing in the years to come as this war goes on.
The Bunny ;) (12:21 p.m.--AZ Time)
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