Business Services Industry

CIA HEAD RESIGNS AFTER LESS THAN TWO YEARS ON THE JOB

Info-Prod Research (Middle East), May, 2006

In August 2004,the CIA was battered by criticism over intelligence failures related to the September 11, 2001, attacks and the Iraq war. President George W. Bush nominated Porter Goss as the man he hoped would rebuild the agency. "Porter Goss brings a broad experience to this critical job. He is a former army intelligence officer with a decade of experience in the CIA's clandestine service.

He knows the agency and he knows what is needed to strengthen it," Bush said. But less than two years later, Goss's mission at the CIA is over. Bush made the announcement at the White House on May 5, saying Goss offered his resignation and he accepted it. Goss offered no explanation for his resignation. Standing next to Bush, he said he was leaving the CIA "on a very even keel, it's...

Premium Content Partnership | HighBeam Research provides an in-depth online archive library of reference works. HighBeam Research

 

BNET TalkbackShare your ideas and expertise on this topic

Please add your comment:

  1. You are currently: a Guest |
  2.  

Basic HTML tags that work in comments are: bold (<b></b>), italic (<i></i>), underline (<u></u>), and hyperlink (<a href></a)

advertisement
Click Here
advertisement
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
  • Click Here
advertisement

Most Recent Business Articles

Most Recent Business Publications

Most Popular Business Articles

Most Popular Business Publications