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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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