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
The last DCI. After this the job was split into "Director of National Intelligence" (DNI) and the "Director of the Central Intelligence Agency" (D/CIA).

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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