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The Next Head of the CIA? — EXCLUSIVE: Air Force General Michael Hayden is likely to be named Porter Goss's successor. Then the partisan fireworks will really begin — President George W. Bush stunned Washington on Friday by accepting the resignation of CIA Director Porter J. Goss …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns — WASHINGTON — CIA Director Porter Goss resigned unexpectedly Friday, leaving behind a spy agency still struggling to recover from the scars of intelligence failures before America's worst terrorist attack and faulty information that formed the U.S. rationale for invading Iraq.
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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:
Mission Accomplished — No matter what you hear, Goss came, he saw, he conquered. This isn't a "staff change", it has nothing to do with Rove. It was understood when he came in what he was coming in for. He did what he came to do. — He swept, now others will collect the dust.
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
The Fix-It Man Leaves, but The Agency's Cracks Remain — Porter J. Goss was brought into the CIA to quell what the White House viewed as a partisan insurgency against the administration and to re-energize a spy service that failed to prevent the Sept. 11 attacks or accurately assess Iraq's weapons capability.
Think Progress:
BREAKING: CIA Director Porter Goss Resigns — UPDATE: AP has the story. — UPDATE II: We've put together a primer on the connection between Goss and the Cunningham scandal: — For more than a decade, Cunningham-linked defense contractor Brent Wilkes curried favor with lawmakers …
In From the Cold:
Goss Steps Down — This may be administration spin, or (perhaps) we're learning what actually prompted Porter Goss to step down as CIA Director. According to ABC News, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte was unhappy with Goss's performance, and initiated an effort to get rid of the CIA director back in mid-April.
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CNN:
Porter Goss resigns as CIA chief — 'I honestly believe that we have improved dramatically,' he says — WASHINGTON (CNN) — CIA Director Porter Goss is resigning, President Bush announced Friday. — "Porter's tenure at the CIA was one of transition, where he's helped this agency become integrated …
Anthony Citrano / The Cosmic Tap:Hayden as Goss' Replacement? And you thought it couldn't get worse.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:BREAKING: Porter Goss resigns as DCI
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Liza Porteus / Fox News:CIA Chief Porter Goss Resigns
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:Hookers — Color me confused. Everyone on TV seems to be buying …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Goss Abruptly Quits, Leaves Questions Behind
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Timothy J. Burger / Time:The Incredible Shrinking CIA
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CNN:
Rep. Kennedy entering rehab after crash — Capitol Police: Initial probe of incident 'improper' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday that he will enter a rehabilitation program after crashing his car on Capitol Hill a day earlier.
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Michelle Malkin:
KENNEDY PRESS CONFERENCE — ***scroll for updates*** — Coming up in seconds. — Rep. Kennedy says "I struggle every day with this disease...the chronic disease of addiction." — Translation: I am changing the subject. — More rough transcription:
New York Times:Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction
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The American Thinker:Patrick Kennedy and Cynthia McKinney
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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Enter Drug Rehab
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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Conservatives Drive Bush's Approval Down — WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
The second ever protein wisdom fundraiser (or, how I learned to stop worrying about begging and love the influx of beautiful greenbacks) — True, I'm no Andrew Sullivan—hell, I'm only about one-third of Oliver Willis, come to think of it (thank you, Smart Balance spread!)
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Jerome Taylor / Independent:
Iraqi police 'killed 14-year-old boy for being homosexual' — Human rights groups have condemned the "barbaric" murder of a 14-year-old boy, who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep by Iraqi police for the apparent crime of being gay. — Ahmed Khalil was shot at point-blank range …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Time to smear the latest Bush critic — Yesterday, Ray McGovern — an American citizen with a 27-year career as a CIA analyst behind him — stood up at a speech given by Donald Rumsfeld and aggressively questioned Rumsfeld on various statements Rumsfeld made regarding Iraq.
Juan / Informed Comment:
Cole/Weisberg Correspondence on Hitchens — With Mr. Weisberg's permission, I am posting our correspondence on the Hitchens hatchet job on me in Slate earlier this week. — From: Jacob Weisberg — Sent: Thu 5/4/2006 6:15 PM — To: Cole, Juan — Subject: RE: Forwarded from Weisberg
consortiumnews.com:
WMD Search — Two years ago, at a similar dinner, journalists laughed and clapped when Bush put on a slide show of himself searching under Oval Office furniture for Iraq's non-existent weapons of mass destruction. — Rather than shock over Bush's tasteless humor - as the President rubbed …
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