As I wrote yesterday, Goss resigned from his position as CIA director, and there have been numerous reports since then that he was either fired or forced to resign.
And not too long after the Washington Post ran a front-page story about how "Bush had lost faith in Goss and had planned to replace him as far back as 5 months ago," the White House is playing the denial game again. From Yahoo News:
White House Denies Bush Lost Faith in Goss
The White House on Saturday denied that President Bush had lost confidence in just-resigned CIA Director Porter Goss, saying there was a "collective agreement" the agency needed a new leader now.
Bush planned to act quickly, perhaps as early as Monday, to nominate Goss' successor. The leading candidate was Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, the top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte, a senior administration official said.
Goss, who met with Bush on Friday to tender his resignation, has offered little explanation for quitting after just 19 months. Goss was to deliver a commencement speech Saturday at Ohio's Tiffin University, one of a growing number of schools that offers programs in national security studies.
Negroponte, with the backing of the White House, recently raised with Goss the prospect that he should leave, and the two men talked about that possibility, a senior administration official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in order to give a fuller account of events.
"Reports that the president had lost confidence in Porter Goss are categorically untrue," Perino said.
An intelligence official, speaking only on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of his position, said Goss had stood up for the agency when there were differences with Negroponte's office, which was created about a year ago.
Goss was taking a stand against "micromanagement," the official said, and wanted the agency to "remain what its name says, the 'Central' Intelligence Agency."
Besides his "Hookergate" ties and the CIA leak problems, it seems that Goss may have been forced out, indeed, because he had a preference of standing up for himself and for those working under him
So willing or forced resignation, it doesn't matter, really. He was canned, either way.
Since this is the hot topic of the Blogosphere and the media, I'll make this an open thread. If you have an opinion, no matter what it is, on the Goss "resignation," let us and everyone else know by leaving a comment.
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