HavenWorks
Congress.gov biography:
"GOSS, Porter J., a Representative from Florida;
born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., November 26, 1938; B.A., Yale
University, New Haven, Conn., 1960; United States Army, 1960-1962; Central
Intelligence Agency, 1962-1972; businessman; investor; member of the city
council and mayor, Sanibel, Fla., 1974-1982; commissioner, Lee County,
Fla., 1983-1988; chair, Lee County, Fla., Commission, 1985-1986; elected
as a Republican to the One Hundred First and to the seven succeeding Congresses
until his resignation on September 23, 2004 (January 3, 1989-September
23, 2004); chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred
Fifth through One Hundred Eighth Congresses); director, Central Intelligence
Agency, 2004-2006."
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PORTER GOSS News:
20071206
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 Secret
- Porter
J Goss
-  Michael
V Hayden -  Military
-  Government
-  Terrorism
-  Intelligence
-  Videotapes
- Censorship
-  Officers
- Safety
- Prisoner
- Torture
- War
Crimes -  Law
-  Politics
- "C.I.A.
Destroyed Tapes of Interrogations." ... "The Central
Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting
the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a
step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the
C.I.A’s [Central Intelligence Agency] secret detention program, according
to current and former government officials." ... "The videotapes showed
agency operatives in 2002 subjecting terror suspects — including Abu Zubaydah,
the first detainee in C.I.A. custody — to severe interrogation techniques.
They were destroyed in part because officers were concerned that tapes
documenting controversial interrogation methods could expose agency officials
to greater risk of legal jeopardy, several officials said." ... "The C.I.A.
said today that the decision to destroy the tapes had been made “within
the C.I.A. itself,” and they were destroyed to protect the safety of undercover
officers and because they no longer had intelligence value. The agency
was headed at the time by Porter J. Goss. Through a spokeswoman, Mr. Goss
declined this afternoon to comment on the destruction of the tapes." ...
"The existence and subsequent destruction of the tapes are likely to reignite
the debate over the use of severe interrogation techniques on terror suspects,
and their destruction raises questions about whether C.I.A. officials withheld
information about aspects of the program from the courts and from the Sept.
11 commission appointed by [Republican] President Bush and Congress. It
was not clear who within the C.I.A. authorized the destruction of the tapes,
but current and former government officials said it had been approved at
the highest levels of the agency." ... "General [CIA Director, General
Michael V Hayden] Hayden said in a statement that leaders of Congressional
oversight committees were fully briefed on the matter, but some Congressional
officials said notification to Congress had not been adequate." (1, 2)
-By Mark Mazzetti with contributions by Eric Lichtblau
and Scott Shane -NYTimes
20070716
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 Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
-  Kyle
Dustin "Dusty" Foggo - Porter
J Goss -  Mitchell
Wade -  Brent
Wilkes - Lawmakers
- Government
- Intelligence
-  Money
- Politicians
- San
Diego -  California
-  Fla
- "Cunningham
report portrays entangled panel: The still-unreleased
findings say intelligence committee aides were used by the California congressman,
now in prison for bribery." ... "An internal investigation that the House
Intelligence Committee has refused to make public portrays the panel as
embarrassingly entangled in the [California Republican Representative]
Randy "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal." ... "The document describes breakdowns
in leadership and controls that it says allowed Cunningham — the former
congressman (R-Rancho Santa Fe) who began an eight-year prison term last
year for taking bribes and evading taxes — to use his House position to
steer millions of dollars to corrupt contractors." ... "The report provides
the most detailed account to date of how former CIA Executive Director
Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo, whose indictment on charges of defrauding the
government was recently expanded, allegedly used committee connections
to advance his career at the agency." ... "For all its finger-pointing
at staffers, the document fails to address whether other committee members
were aware of Cunningham's abuses or were culpable. For instance, the report
avoids any scrutiny of former [Florida Republican Representative] Rep.
Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.), who was chairman of the panel when Cunningham's
most egregious abuses occurred." ... "The report's principal author said
in an interview that the terms under which he was hired to conduct the
investigation prevented him from examining lawmakers' roles." ... "The
document says that Cunningham began pressing to fund special projects from
the moment he joined the House Intelligence Committee in 2001, and that
his demands intensified." ... "One project, a Pentagon counterintelligence
program known as Project Fortress, was being handled by contractor Mitchell
Wade, who has since pleaded guilty to paying bribes to Cunningham." ...
"The report suggests that Cunningham began working more closely with Wade,
leading to a rift with Brent Wilkes, another contractor accused of bribing
the congressman." ... "An indictment filed May 10 in U.S. District Court
in San Diego accuses Foggo of accepting lavish meals and vacation trips
while using his position at the CIA to try to steer more than $100 million
in agency funds to [contractor Brent] Wilkes." (1, 2,
3,
4)
-By Greg Miller -LAtimes
20060512
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Intelligence
-
 Porter
Goss - Randy
Cunningham
- California
- Military
- Business
- Politics
- Law
- "Law
Enforcement Searches Exiting CIA Deputy's Home."
... "CIA and FBI officers today searched the home and former office of
the recently retired third-ranking official at the CIA, who is under investigation
for his ties to a defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that
has landed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-San Diego [California])
in jail." ... "Kyle "Dusty" Foggo resigned as CIA executive director Monday.
He had been a top aide to CIA Director Porter J. Goss, who was forced to
resign the previous Friday." ... "A CIA spokeswoman said Foggo's legal
troubles had "absolutely nothing" to do with Goss' decision to resign."
... "They have been investigating whether Foggo played an improper role
in the awarding of defense contracts to Brent Wilkes, a personal friend
and San Diego businessman who has been implicated in the bribery scandal
involving Cunningham." -By Richard Schmitt
-LAtimes
20060506
-
 US
-  Iraq
-  Foreign
- Military
- Terrorism
- Intelligence
- Politics
- Porter
Goss - "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." ... "But as he walked out the glass
doors of Langley headquarters yesterday, Goss left behind an agency that
current and former intelligence officials say is weaker operationally,
with a workforce demoralized by an exodus of senior officers and by uncertainty
over its role in fighting terrorism and other intelligence priorities,
said current and former intelligence officials." ... "As a result of all
these factors, said these sources and outside experts who work with the
CIA, the number of case officers has skyrocketed, but there has been no
dramatic improvement in how spies collect intelligence about terrorist
targets." ... "As important, Goss -- who did not like to travel overseas
or to wine and dine foreign intelligence chiefs who visited Washington
-- allowed the atrophy of relations with the foreign intelligence services
that helped the CIA kill or catch nearly all the terrorists taken off the
streets since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, in the view of these officials
and several foreign intelligence officials." (1, 2)
-By Dana Priest with contributions by Thomas E. Ricks
and Julie Tate -WashingtonPost
-
Military
- Intelligence
-
 Privacy
- Law
- Secret
- Terrorism
- Prisons
- "Goss
Forced Out as CIA Director; Gen. Hayden Is Likely Successor."
... "Porter J. Goss was forced to step down yesterday as CIA director,
ending a turbulent 18-month tenure marked by an exodus of some of the agency's
top talent and growing White House dissatisfaction with his leadership
during a time of war." ... "The likely successor to Goss is Gen. Michael
V. Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency and now
deputy to Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte, senior
administration officials said. He could be named as soon as Monday." ...
"Members of Congress privately predicted that Hayden, who once enjoyed
tremendous support on the Hill, would face a contentious confirmation process
over the Bush administration's domestic spying program. Other sensitive
issues, such as the existence of secret prisons abroad for terrorism suspects,
also are likely to arise." (1, 2)
-By Dafna Linzer and Walter Pincus with contributions
by Dana Priest, Peter Baker, Jim VandeHei, and Julie Tate
-WashingtonPost
-
Military
- Terrorism
- Intelligence
- Florida
- "CIA
Chief Goss Resigns: The director ends his 19-month
tenure under pressure after seeing his agency's role reduced and his post
stripped of much of its clout." ... "CIA Director Porter J. Goss resigned
under pressure Friday, ending a tumultuous 19-month tenure marked by clashes
with the nation's new intelligence chief over the CIA's reduced role in
the restructured spy community." ... "U.S. intelligence and other officials
said Goss was pushed out by Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte,
whose growing disenchantment with the CIA director was shared by members
of President Bush's intelligence advisory board." ... "As director, Goss
focused on expanding the CIA's clandestine service and pushing it to take
more operational risks. But the former Florida congressman was often faulted
for a lax management style, for alienating veteran CIA officers — and for
his reluctance to surrender resources to espionage organizations created
after the Sept. 11 attacks to combat terrorism and weapons proliferation."
... "Goss, who took charge of the CIA in September 2004, was the last director
with authority over the nation's other intelligence agencies. He soon had
to surrender that authority, when Congress voted to overhaul the nation's
intelligence community and Negroponte was appointed to oversee the activities
of the CIA and 15 other agencies." (1, 2)
-By Greg Miller -LAtimes
20060424
-
Government
- Secrecy
- Politics
-
 Media
-  Books
-  History
- "Moves
Signal Tighter Secrecy Within C.I.A.." ... "The crackdown
on leaks at the Central Intelligence Agency that led to the dismissal of
a veteran intelligence officer last week included a highly unusual polygraph
examination for the agency's independent watchdog, Inspector General John
L. Helgerson, intelligence officials with knowledge of the investigation
said Sunday." ... "The special polygraphs, which have been given to dozens
of employees since January, are part of a broader effort by Porter J. Goss,
the director of the C.I.A., to re-emphasize a culture of secrecy that has
included a marked tightening of the review process for books and articles
by former agency employees." ... "Authors say the agency's Publications
Review Board has been removing material that would easily have been approved
before. While the board in the past has generally worked with retirees
to make manuscripts publishable, it now more often appears to be trying
to block publication, the authors say. And reprimands for violations have
become more stern, including letters warning of possible Justice Department
investigations." (1, 2)
-By Scott Shane and Mark Mazzetti
-NYTimes
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