Reply #4: Wash Post says Bush forced Goss out....

[Catherine Vincent]

Bush Ends Goss's Stormy Tenure By Forcing Him Out as CIA Chief

By Dafna Linzer and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, May 6, 2006; Page A01

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.

Seated next to President Bush in the Oval Office, Goss, a Republican congressman from Florida before he took over the CIA, said he was "stepping aside" but gave no reason for the departure. Bush, who did not name a successor, said he had accepted the resignation and thanked Goss for his service.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/05/AR2006050500937.html?sub=AR