Has Goss stated the reason (s) for resigning? - Time with the family?

Hookergate play any role?

...that old Porter...one hell of a poker player.

Wonder when we'll find out who else made regular visits to the Wilkes "parties" at the Watergate (delicious irony).

Then next week we get the Abramoff WH logs.

I'm buying stock in Orville Reddenbachers...

:popcorn:

even attending the meetings he had scheduled for this afternoon.

Very weird.

At least for now x(

Sorry. Saw a Colbert reference opportunity, and went with it.

"US President George Bush has unexpectedly announced that the head of the CIA, Porter Goss, is stepping down.
No reason was given for the move, which was presented at a hastily arranged press call at the White House, where the two men exchanged compliments."

SNIP

"The BBC's correspondent in Washington, Justin Webb, says the announcement came as a bolt from the blue.

SNIP
"While there have been several changes at the top of the Bush administration recently, and more are expected, Mr Goss's name was never mentioned.

"Friends of the former CIA agent and Republican congressman said they were hugely surprised."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4978776.stm

"The announcement came on a Friday afternoon and seemed to catch many Washington pundits by surprise: Porter Goss, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, had resigned.

"Bill Kristol, executive director of The Weekly Standard, told Fox News Channel that there had been "no rumblings” of such a departure.

"'I don’t think the White House was expecting this,' Kristol said. "It comes as a total surprise. I may be overly suspicious here, but this one just has a real element of surprise and suddenness that makes me wonder if something popped in the last few days that led to this announcement.”

"Goss joined President Bush for a brief media announcement of his resignation, but no further details were given. A successor has not been named."

SNIP

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/5/5/145522.shtml

....they know that's the reason. They've probably been scrambling to get independent confirmation from at least two sources before they run it as a headline; now let's see if the little whores actually stay after the story.

and without giving a reason unless, imo, there is BIG trouble about to break. There is NO question this resignation took everyone by surprise including the bush cabal otherwise they would have been floating excuses out there prior to the resignation to try and control the news cycle.

I am just going to sit back, pop a big batch of popcorn and watch what is about to happen, lol.