Porter Goss

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Person.png Porter Goss  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
BornNovember 26, 1938
Waterbury, CT
Member of9-11/Joint Congressional Inquiry, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Book and Snake, Operation 40, Psi Upsilon
Perpetrator of"Iran-Contra"

Employment.png Director of Central Intelligence

In office
September 24, 2004 - April 21, 2005
Preceded byGeorge TenetJohn E. McLaughlin
Succeeded byPorter Goss

Porter Johnston Goss was a CIA officer from 1962 to 1972, and worked for a 2-3 months in the Miami station during the Cuban missile crisis, primarily as a photo-interpreter.

Since April 21, 2005, Goss was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He resigned on May 5, 2006.[1]

John Simkin reports that Porter J. Goss was a member of CIA Assassination squad, Operation 40, but Goss claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40".[2]


 

An event carried out

EventDescription
"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

AppointeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Kyle FoggoCIA/Executive DirectorOctober 20048 May 2006Resigned amid a multimillion dollar corruption probe.
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External Resources

References

  1. 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.
  2. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFKoperation40.htm