CIA boss Goss is cooked; Tied to contractor's poker parties

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[churchillbuff]

CIA Director Porter Goss abruptly resigned yesterday amid allegations that he and a top aide may have attended Watergate poker parties where bribes and prostitutes were provided to a corrupt congressman.

[churchillbuff]

When did politicians NOT play poker?

[Churchillspirit]

Well this is a new slant on things.

Just in time for the Sunday talk shows.

[ncountylee]

Goss and Foggo share a fondness for poker and expensive cigars,

Clinton style cigars?

[Always Right]

Since when did prostitutes lower themselves to hanging out with politicians?

[newkidonblock]

So Daily News is going to lead a story which has no evidence to prove Goss broke the law.

Typical MSM bias and no one should by the Daily News.

[Always Right]

So much for the theory the Goss is running for the Senate, I suppose.

[churchillbuff]

Actually, the article doesn't have anything to back up the headline. Only uninformed speculation.

[Frank_2001]

Problem is, they play with our money!;)

[litehaus]

Share same address: 123 Lower Gutter Lane......

[JustaDumbBlonde]

If what they are reporting is actually true, it is appropriate that he resigned. I am not opposed to poker, the devil is in the other details.

[caryatid]

I wondered when I would see someone post something about this. While I believe that this should still be considered rumour until proven otherwise, there has been much talk about Porter Goss being involved in this brewing scandal.

What puzzles me is that Porter Goss seemed genuinely liked when he took over at CIA, and did not seem to have any "baggage".

My husband and I talked about this yesterday ... and he expressed [for the thousandth time] puzzlement about why any man with wealth, social, business, and/or political prominence, and/or aspirations, would fall for what used to be described as a "honey trap". [possibly obsolete terminology].

Why don't these men comprehend that they have to be twice as clean as anyone else? And, this applies to poker games with the wrong crowd as well as prostitutes ...

[jazusamo]

Correct, they didn't even mention an unnamed source.

[llevrok]

My own theory is Bush fired Goss to steer the news away from the patches kennedy incident (\sarc)

[caryatid]

Why don't these men comprehend that they have to be twice as clean as anyone else?

And, four times as clean if they are a Republican ...

[Crawdad]

It's not difficult to be faithful to your mate.

Democrat or Republican--if a man can't keep his wee-wee in his pants unless he's by himself or with his wife, he deserves all the trouble he gets.

[Cap Huff]

If the reason was a brewing scandal, and that was clear to the White House, the resignation would most likely have been acknowledged and accepted with a press statement and not a photo op with the president.

[Logical me]

Why don't these men comprehend that they have to be twice as clean as anyone else?

Only because that is the way the game is played. Every person should have a right to his personal life and should be separate from his job. If someone has violated the law, then it should be up to the law to take over. Not the MSM. Personal destruction is now the American way. Heaven help us, we are on a road to total destruction of anything that could be good for America. Many great Americans have so called skeletons in their closet, should we eliminate what they have to offer just because some of us disagree with what they do as long as it is not against the law?

[Suzy Quzy]

Get a GRIP!!

[paul51]

Many great Americans have so called skeletons in their closet

Skeletons in the closet are easier to overlook than current behavior

[elli1]

When did politicians NOT play poker?

Don't think poker is the problem. Goss appointed Foggo to the No. 3 slot & it's looking like Foggo is tied to Cunningham--and that IS a problem.

[connectthedots]

Goes to show that Bush does not tolerate lapses in integrity.

[tallhappy]

If this guy is going to play poker at hospitality suites he has too much time on his hands and is not doing his job.

If going to play poker at hospitality suites is where his priorities were it is good that he was let go as soon as possible. He should never have accepted the job in the first place if this is what he was doing.

[God luvs America]

of course they get the info from a homemade rat site:

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/porter-goss/

[Rebelbase]

"bribes and prostitutes were provided to a corrupt congressman."

Congress needs to be cleaned out with a wire brush.

[churchillbuff]

"bribes and prostitutes were provided to a corrupt congressman." """

why was it necessary to use the word "corrupt" in that sentence? If bribes and prostitutes are provided, isn't it assumed that the recipient is corrupt?

[CAluvdubya]

Get a GRIP!!

Play nice and respect your elders.

JustaDumbBlonde
Since Aug 12, 1998

[nwrep]

of course they get the info from a homemade rat site:

And just because the info comes from a rat site does not mean it should be thrown away. These allegations are not out of the ordinary, and need to be thoroughly looked into.

[Jim_Curtis]

What puzzles me is that Porter Goss seemed genuinely liked when he took over at CIA, and did not seem to have any "baggage".

I didn't see hardly any Democrat opposition to his nomination at the time and found that to be unsettling. Perhaps they felt he could be persuaded to play nice with the rats because of known baggage?

Which isn't to presume there is merit to this story. I expressed my concern about the lack of Democrat opposition to Goss in this forum at the time of his nomination.

[churchillbuff]

prostitutes hanging with congressmen? do these prostitutes have no standards?

[Logical me]

So? What's the difference. Let the law decide, not a few who object to a persons personal life just because they don't like it. He performance on the job should be the only judgment we should make.

[PhilipFreneau]

I would be cautious about believing any of this. Recall that Goss was cleaning house at the CIA, breaking up the leftwing "shadow government" the Clinton Administration had put in place. And who was the CIA "expert" the media was turning to today on this story? The traitor, Dana Priest. Also recall that the leftists made up all sorts of stuff about John Bolton. The rule of thumb is: THE LEFT LIES!

Almost forgot: Bush rarely stands up for his people. Why would Goss be an exception.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Larry Johnson, a former CIA operative and a Bush administration critic, said ..."

You don't need to read any further to find the factional vendetta.

[churchillbuff]

You're right.

[OldFriend]

Ah yes, the Daily News.

They've been caught lying about their subscription numbers, and half the paper is full of inuendo and gossip.

[SeaWolf]

Come on gang, consider the source.

[paul51]

He performance on the job should be the only judgment we should make.

I disagree. The head of CIA should be able to rise to higher standard than that. A guy who can't control himself eventually ends up crapping in his pants

[Callahan]

I'll see your hook and raise you a $3 million bottled water contract.

[caryatid]

Personal destruction is now the American way. ... Many great Americans have so called skeletons in their closet, should we eliminate what they have to offer just because some of us disagree with what they do as long as it is not against the law?

You have missed my point entirely. What ever happened to the world [the one I grew up in] where we were told [a] "you can't have everything" and [b] "it is a world of choices"?

[a] We knew from an early age that, if we wanted to have a career, or marry someone "nice" ... that we had to comport ourselves in a certain/proper manner so that there would be no hint of scandal that would get in the way of what we wanted.

[b] We knew from an early age, call it character building by our parents, if you will, that if we made the wrong choices they would come back to haunt us and get in the way of things we wanted. Therefore, we had to make the right choices ...

I will now add: [c] Anyone with a lick of sense knows how the political game of gotcha and dirty tricks by the MSM and the Loyal Opposition is played. No one goes out to play basseball expecting to have 4 outs [unless they have managed to "fix" the homeplate umpire]. If one wants to play in any "game", including the political one, they must assess the rules [whether they are fair or not] and be prepared to play by the rules in effect ... not the rules they wish were there.

And, all the whinging and crybaby tactics after the fact do not serve anyone well. So, before someone calls me a sanctimonious ass again ... morality really has very little to do with it ... it is more a matter of intelligence and self-control to advance one's ambitions/goals. The choice of career and family and/or personal integrity over a night of lust with a prostitute, or a bribery session cloaked in the garb of a poker game should be a no brainer; but, again, it is a world of choices ... to each his own.

[fish hawk]

Actually they are one and the same.

[caryatid]

Lest we all forget ... it is not all that complex ... it can be expressed in just a few words:

Self-respect and self-reliance.

[caryatid]

It's not difficult to be faithful to your mate.

My husband said exactly the same thing yesterday. Of course the caveat is: few people have an incredible marriage like we have. You must be one of the few. Lucky you! {smile}

[Rebelbase]

I suspect it was for emphasis.

[Crawdad]

I'm 46 years old. My wife and I started dating in high school in 1977. She's the only girlfriend (and sex partner) I've ever had. I'm truly blessed.

[toddlintown]

WASHINGTON - CIA Director Porter Goss abruptly resigned yesterday amid allegations that he and a top aide may have attended Watergate Tupperware parties where free "burp" containers and "no scratch" cutting boards were provided to a corrupt congressman.

Dusty Rhodes, the No. 3-selling Tupperware representative in the Beltway, could soon be indicted in a widening FBI investigation of the parties thrown by Tupperware contractor Ineeda Leigh.

A CIA spokeswoman said Ms. Rhodes went to the lavish weekly hospitality-suite parties at the Watergate and Westin Grand hotels but "just for the Bud Light."

Intelligence and law enforcement sources said solid evidence had yet to emerge that Goss also went to the parties, but Goss and Ms. Rhodes share a fondness for Tupperware extended sets and cheap Ginsu knives, and the FBI investigation was continuing.

Ben Dover, a former CIA operative and a Bush administration critic, said Goss "had a relationship with Dusty and with Ineeda Leigh that's now coming under greater scrutiny."

Dover vouched for the integrity of Rhodes and Goss but said, "Dusty was a big Tupperware purchaser, and it's my understanding that Porter Goss was also there \[at Leigh's parties\] for some air-tight containers. It's going to be guilt by association."

"Supposedly the large-scale Tupperware purchases was the last straw," the source said [speaking of Goss' resignation]. "This administration may be on the verge of a major scandal."

That's better.

[Sam Hill]

Notice that the cited "Intelligence and law enforcement sources" turn out to be the America-hating pathological liar Larry Johnson, and a unnamed "senior law enforcement official" and an unnamed "congressional source."

Assuming the latter two even exist, how would any of these people know what is going on at the highest reaches of the CIA?

Johnson vouched for the integrity of Foggo and Goss but said, "Dusty was a big poker player, and it’s my understanding that Porter Goss was also there [at Wilkes’ parties] for poker. It’s going to be guilt by association."

How hilarious. Who is making the "guilt by association?" argument but Larry Johnson? And he does so after first "vouching" for Foggo and Goss.

Who is Larry Johnson to vouch for anybody?

Johnson worked at the CIA for less than four years more than twenty-two years ago. Johnson doesn’t know any of these people, and I’m sure they don’t know him–except for as a crackpot.

But Johnson is a self-proclaimed expert on all subjects and persons who ever passed through Langley. (And of course he is a bosom buddy of both Valerie Plame and Mary McCarthy.)

This is simply the ravings of the usual hate-America crowd and their fellow travelers in our one party media. They are trying to besmirch an honorable man. (After all, Goss fired one of their own, Mary McCarthy.)

The purported Kyle Foggo "scandal" is old news. He is childhood friends with Brent Wilkes, a lobbyist who had dealings with Duke Cunningham. How horrible.

According to Wikipedia:

CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano said it is "standard practice" for the inspector general to look into allegations involving agency officers. "That should in no way be seen as lending credibility to any allegation."

But it’s all they’ve got on Goss. And they can’t pass up a chance to fling feces.

By the way, here is just one example of pathological liar Larry Johnson’s countless lies:

The Big Lie About Valerie Plame

By Larry Johnson

The misinformation being spread in the media about the Plame affair is alarming and damaging to the longterm security interests of the United States. Republicans’ talking points are trying to savage Joe Wilson and, by implication, his wife, Valerie Plame as liars. That is the truly big lie. For starters, Valerie Plame was an undercover operations officer until outed in the press by Robert Novak. Novak’s column was not an isolated attack. It was in fact part of a coordinated, orchestrated smear that we now know includes at least Karl Rove…

So you can see why Johnson would be a favorite source for our one party media.

He tells the lies they want told.

More at....

Goss Smeared By Crackpot Larry Johnson | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/goss-gets-smeared-by-the-usual-crackpots-and-liars/

[Sam Hill]

Ping to my previous post.

[verity]

Parents who have both a journalist and a prostitute in the family have one child they can respect.

[DJ Taylor]

Rumors have been flying around the beltway since Cunningham's conviction that he had made a deal with the prosecutor for leniency in sentencing. Cunningham was rumored to have provided names, dates, times, and places of wrongdoing by his friends and associates on Capitol Hill, and if Goss is part of Cunningham's deal, then more names will soon surface.

[P-40]

You mean it was poker and not Ms. Plame?

[purpleland]

Where in the hell do guys like Goss (et al) come from? How do they qualify? I am reminded of what Laura Ingraham talked about on her show the other night: The LOSS of HONOR!!! The depletion of Personal integrity!!! Abandonment of Commitment to principle!!! It's like Rhode Island continually electing a KENNEDY name even though that Kennedy is clearly dysfunctional. WHY anyone with a nominal sense of survival would trust and elect a dysfunction drug addict to a serious political position?