Porter Goss
 Porter Goss    | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 26, 1938 Waterbury, CT | |||||||||||||
| Member of | 9-11/Joint Congressional Inquiry, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, Book and Snake, Operation 40, Psi Upsilon | |||||||||||||
| Perpetrator of | "Iran-Contra" | |||||||||||||
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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.
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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.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
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.[2] Goss however claimed that he had "never heard of Operation 40".
9-11 Joint Congressional Inquiry
- Full article: 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."[3]
An event carried out
| Event | Description |
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| "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
| Appointee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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| Kyle Foggo | CIA/Executive Director | October 2004 | 8 May 2006 | Resigned amid a multimillion dollar corruption probe. |
