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'''Porter Johnston Goss''' was a CIA officer from 1962 to 1972, and worked in the Miami station during the Cuban missile crisis, primarily as a photo-interpreter. | '''Porter Johnston Goss''' was a CIA officer from 1962 to 1972, and worked in the Miami station during the Cuban missile crisis, primarily as a photo-interpreter. | ||
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| + | Porter Goss joined the CIA in 1961 or 1962 when he was a student at [[Yale University]].<ref>http://digwithin.net/2014/03/16/28-missing-pages/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==CIA directorship== | ||
| + | [[George W Bush]] said about Goss: "He knows his CIA inside and out. He's the right man to lead this important agency at this critical moment in our nation's history" in a video clip run by CNN, August 10, 2004.<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Porter_Goss Porter J. Goss] [[Sourcewatch]] page<ref> On April 21, 2005, Bush made him [[Director of Central Intelligence]]. He resigned on May 5, 2006 in unclear circumstances.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060505-2.html President Accepts Resignation from CIA Director Porter Goss], Office of the Press Secretary, 5 May 2006.</ref> | ||
==Operation 40 Membership== | ==Operation 40 Membership== | ||
John Simkin reports that Porter J. Goss was a member of CIA Assassination squad, [[Operation 40]], and indeed a January 1963 photo shows Goss with his arm around [[David Sanchex Moralez]] at a table with Barry Seal and many other members of Operation 40.<ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoperation40.htm</ref> Goss however claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40". | John Simkin reports that Porter J. Goss was a member of CIA Assassination squad, [[Operation 40]], and indeed a January 1963 photo shows Goss with his arm around [[David Sanchex Moralez]] at a table with Barry Seal and many other members of Operation 40.<ref>http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoperation40.htm</ref> Goss however claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40". | ||
| + | == 9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry== | ||
| + | {{FA|9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry}} | ||
| + | After initially opposing calls for an inquiry into the events of [[9/11]], Porter Goss later agreed to lead the first inquiry into 9/11. He pointed out his determination not to find wrongdoing within the [[US Government]], stating "This is not a who-shall-we-hang type of investigation. It is about where are the gaps in America's defense and what do we do about it type of investigation."<ref name="50years">[[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State]]</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | November 26, 1938 Waterbury, CT | |||||||||||||
| Member of | 9-11/Joint Congressional Inquiry, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Book and Snake, Operation 40, Psi Upsilon | |||||||||||||
| Perpetrator of | "Iran-Contra" | |||||||||||||
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Porter Johnston Goss was a CIA officer from 1962 to 1972, and worked in the Miami station during the Cuban missile crisis, primarily as a photo-interpreter.
Contents
Background
Porter Goss joined the CIA in 1961 or 1962 when he was a student at Yale University.[1]
CIA directorship
George W Bush said about Goss: "He knows his CIA inside and out. He's the right man to lead this important agency at this critical moment in our nation's history" in a video clip run by CNN, August 10, 2004.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Operation 40 Membership
John Simkin reports that Porter J. Goss was a member of CIA Assassination squad, Operation 40, and indeed a January 1963 photo shows Goss with his arm around David Sanchex Moralez at a table with Barry Seal and many other members of Operation 40.[2] Goss however claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40".
9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry
- Full article: 9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry
- Full article: 9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry
After initially opposing calls for an inquiry into the events of 9/11, Porter Goss later agreed to lead the first inquiry into 9/11. He pointed out his determination not to find wrongdoing within the US Government, stating "This is not a who-shall-we-hang type of investigation. It is about where are the gaps in America's defense and what do we do about it type of investigation."[3]
An event carried out
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| "Iran-Contra" | A drug trafficking/weapons smuggling operation carried out in the 1980s with the approval of the top of the US government. |
An appointment by Porter Goss
| Appointee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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| Kyle Foggo | CIA/Executive Director | October 2004 | 8 May 2006 | Resigned amid a multimillion dollar corruption probe. |
