CIA-directeur Porter Goss stapt op

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Internally, Goss struggled to articulate a vision for an agency reeling from the intelligence failures of 9/11 and Iraq before the March 2003 invasion, current and former colleagues said. And Goss could not overcome a reputation as a partisan politician who worked congressional hours and appeared disinterested in his overseas intelligence counterparts. Goss also caused waves at the agency in dealing with complaints about his chief of staff, Patrick Murray. During a tense staff meeting, Goss told agency employees he did not handle personnel matters, according to people who attended.

In Goss's first days in office, his appointment of Michael Kostiw as executive director ended after it became public that Kostiw had been forced to leave the CIA under a cloud 20 years earlier. The subsequent search at the agency to find who leaked the information about Kostiw's past led the top two officers in the agency's clandestine service to resign in protest.

Kostiw's replacement, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, is the subject of a review by the CIA's inspector general. The agency is examining whether Foggo arranged for any contracts to be granted to companies associated with Brent R. Wilkes, a contractor and longtime friend of Foggo's who had connections to Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.).

Cunningham left Congress and was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for corruption. Foggo has said he has done nothing improper, and the agency has said the review is standard practice in such situations, not an indication of any wrongdoing. After Goss's announcement yesterday, Foggo told colleagues that he will resign next week. Last week, the agency confirmed that Foggo attended private poker games with Wilkes at a Washington hotel.

Over Goss's 18 months, more than a dozen senior officials -- several of whom were promoted under Goss -- resigned, retired early or requested reassignment. Robert Richer, who was head of the Near East division, served less than a year as the No. 2 official in the clandestine service before quitting in frustration over Goss's leadership last November. Richer then spent several days privately sharing his concerns with senior congressional leaders and Negroponte.

In the clandestine service alone, Goss lost one director, two deputy directors and at least a dozen department heads, station chiefs and division directors, many with the key language skills and experience he has said the agency needs. The agency is on its third counterterrorism chief since Goss arrived.

Goss was a young CIA case officer in the 1960s before entering Republican politics in the wealthy Florida community of Sanibel. He was elected to Congress and eventually became the chairman of the House intelligence panel. He had been preparing to retire from public service and spend more time on a family farm in Virginia when he was asked by Vice President Cheney to stay as chairman after the 2001 attacks. When Tenet resigned in mid-2004, Goss was nominated to succeed him.

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Op zaterdag 6 mei 2006 10:00 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:
Zo goed deed Goss het ook niet. Eigenlijk helemaal niet raar dat ie weg moet.

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hieronder deel van artikel in de Washington Post:
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BRON

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Op zaterdag 6 mei 2006 10:02 schreef Yildiz het volgende:

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Dan vind ik het eigenlijk nóg vreemder dat ie in eerste instantie directeur daar is geworden.
Lijkt me dan ineens een structureel probleem.
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Op zaterdag 6 mei 2006 13:31 schreef Oversight het volgende:

Totaal onverwacht bood Porter Goss, Directeur van de CIA aangesteld om te reorganiseren na 9/11, zijn ontslag aan.


Porter Goss resigns as CIA chief

CNN:
CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush announced on Friday. No reason was given for Goss' resignation, but the White House has been in the midst of an administration shakeup since a change of chief of staff.

In tegenstelling tot wat gebruikelijk is werd dit onmiddelijk geaccepteerd door Bush, en zal Goss niet aanblijven totdat een opvolger is ingewerkt.

Wat zou Goss hebben ontdekt waar ie zijn naam niet aan wil verbinden?

Bron

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Aanleiding
was een onderzoek waaruit bleek dat de
CIA had kunnen weten van plannen voor
de aanslagen van 11 september 2001.

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Op zondag 7 mei 2006 19:21 schreef Verbal het volgende:
Goss een jaar voordat hij werd aangesteld in een interview, waarin hij meldt dat hij niet gekwalificeerd is voor een baan bij de CIA

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Op zondag 7 mei 2006 19:21 schreef Verbal het volgende:
Goss een jaar voordat hij werd aangesteld in een interview, waarin hij meldt dat hij niet gekwalificeerd is voor een baan bij de CIA

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