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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

BREAKING: Porter Goss resigns as DCI  —  Fox is reporting.... Obvious question is what this means for the administration's anti-leak initiative.  —  Update: Could frustration with the CIA's diminishing influence over intelligence have led Goss to quit?  Time magazine had this to say in a piece published online only three hours ago:

Text: Statements From Rep. Patrick Kennedy  — Text of statements on Rep. Patrick Kennedy's traffic accident:  —  ___  —  Kennedy's first statement, released by his press secretary:  —  "I was involved in a traffic incident last night at First and C Street SE near the US Capitol.

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:

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.

Rep. Kennedy to enter rehab for addiction  —  Announcement comes after early morning car crash near Capitol … Today show  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Patrick Kennedy will enter rehab for addiction to prescription pain medication Friday evening after a highly publicized car crash near the Capitol.