Bolten Gave Goss Less Than A Day To Pack His Bags

[kpete]

Goss fired hours before announcement

Bolten said to push Goss's exit
By Paul Bedard

Posted 5/9/06

Intelligence insiders say that former CIA Director Porter Goss was given less than a day to pack his bags by new White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, who is moving swiftly to put a new and more aggressive face on the administration.

Despite Monday's praise by President Bush for Goss, with whom he held an exit ceremony last Friday at the White House, the insiders say that the decision to dump Goss came hard and fast. One says that Goss revealed to his senior staff on Friday that Bolten had called him last Thursday night to ask if he had "thought through an exit strategy."

On Friday morning, Bolten made a second call to demand Goss's resignation that day, which he gave.

Some insiders view Bush's praise for Goss as part of an effort to offset stories that the director had been fired. Others say it was an attempt by the White House to make Goss look good so that his hiring less than two years ago isn't viewed as a mistake.

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[Bucky]

1. Well, then. I guess it's hookers and not Iran, after all

One thing Goss did "wrong" was throw cold water on the Iranian nuke story. The CIA was plenty partisan enough, but still kept sending over reports saying that Iran was 10 years out from making weapons grade enrichment on their uranium. That pissed off the White House, but apparently not Negroponte, who like Goss was a true blue conservative before he was a neocon.

If they shuttle Porter out that toot sweet, then it had to be hookergate (or is it called "Fornigate" now?) Something nasty is brewing in the White House and they must know they're in a crappy position to keep it lidded up for very long.

[dalaigh lllama]

2. More aggressive?

They think they need to put a more aggressive face on this administration???

[SpiralHawk]

4. more aggressive?

when the bullshit no longer floats, crackdown on freedom and democracy.

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[flordehinojos]

3. it was spearheaded by poppy who told bolten that goss had to get out

(and by the way he was enjoying the whitehouse perks last weekend--as he often does these days through the back door and ever since he fixed it so that his son could occupy the white house) believe you me, Poppy the malevolent had his hands in it..he wants to save his evil seed's occupancy of the wh and he thinks domestic spying will do the trick...it will certainly tighten the chains of their dictatorship. that is for sure.