[rhombus]

Hey I’m not a big fan of the CIA so nothing in that book would surprise me. But I’d still like to know why Porter Goss came and went in a mere 7 months.

[StormEye]

"Hey I’m not a big fan of the CIA so nothing in that book would surprise me. But I’d still like to know why Porter Goss came and went in a mere 7 months."

I think that the President lost confidence in him. He wasn't purging the Agency of the liberal/Clintonista traitors fast enough. Now the CIA is run by the military.

[ravingnutter]

Although the ex-congressman declined to comment, intelligence sources have told CNN that Goss' resignation on Friday was triggered by differences with National Intelligence Director John Negroponte over plans to move staff, including analysts from the CIA's counterterrorism center, to other intelligence agencies.

CNN

He had particularly poor relations with segments of the agency’s powerful clandestine service. In a bleak assessment, California Rep. Jane Harman, the Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat, recently said, “The CIA is in a free fall,” noting that employees with a combined 300 years of experience have left or been pushed out.

Among those Goss pushed out during his tenure were the deputy director of intelligence, the chief of the clandestine service, two deputy chiefs of the clandestine service, the chief of the directorate of intelligence, the director of the counterterrorism center and the comptroller, according to NBC News.

Goss has pressed for aggressive probes about leaked information.Just two weeks ago, Goss announced the firing of a top intelligence analyst in connection with a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a network of CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. Such dismissals are highly unusual.

MSNBC

In other words, he was cleaning out the CIA and they didn't like it.