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 in the Miami station during the Cuban missile crisis, primarily as a photo-interpreter.

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.[2] On April 21, 2005, Bush made him Director of Central Intelligence. He resigned on May 5, 2006 in unclear circumstances.[3]

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.[4] Goss however claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40".

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."[5]

 

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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