Porter Goss

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Porter Goss
1st Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
In office April 21, 2005 – May 5, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	Albert Calland
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Michael Hayden
19th Director of Central Intelligence
In office September 24, 2004 – April 21, 2005
President	George W. Bush
Deputy	John E. McLaughlin
Preceded by	George Tenet
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Chair of the House Intelligence Committee
In office January 3, 1997 – September 23, 2004
Preceded by	Larry Combest
Succeeded by	Pete Hoekstra
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida
In office January 3, 1989 – September 23, 2004
Preceded by	Connie Mack III
Succeeded by	Connie Mack IV
Constituency	13th district (1989–1993) 14th district (1993–2004)
Personal details
Born	Porter Johnston Goss (1938-11-26) November 26, 1938 (age 85) Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mariel Robinson
Children	4
Education	Yale University (BA)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1960–1962 1962–1972
Porter Goss's voice Porter Goss responds to questions on the CIA's interrogations of enemy combatants Recorded February 16, 2005

Porter Johnston Goss (/ɡɒs/; born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and government official who served as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006. He was the last Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 2004 to 2005, then became the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position and replaced it with the Director of National Intelligence on December 17, 2004

Before taking over the CIA, Goss was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 14th congressional district from 1989 to 2004. His district, numbered as the 13th District from 1989 to 1993, included Fort Myers, Naples and part of Port Charlotte. He served as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1997 to 2004, was a co-sponsor of the USA PATRIOT Act and was a co-chair of the Joint 9/11 Intelligence Inquiry.

Goss resigned as Director of the CIA on May 5, 2006, in a sit-down press conference with President George W. Bush from the Oval Office.^[1] On May 8, Bush nominated U.S. Air Force General Michael Hayden to be Goss's successor.