I was thinking the same thing. I was wondering if perhaps the press and the leakers have mis-underestimated the situation.
Goss was specifically sent to crack heads, knowing it would be a short tenure, his sucessor then makes nice and rebuilds. Bad Cop - Good Cop routine on the CIA.
it just strikes me as interesting .. the resignation came as a surprise to the Washington press corps. Did or did not Priest/Pincus know in advance? Was this a clever way to reveal even more leakers in the CIA? I'm not buying that Goss was pushed out. And certainly not if his big offense was offending the lifers there. The place is crawling with Clinton syncophants who should have been sent packing on or about Jan 20 2001. Just can't help thinking there is a whole lot more to that that we will probably never know.
Except they are going to get the "Bad Cop, Worse Cop" routine. Lol.