[IP] CIA Agency Is Said to Be in Turmoil Under New Director Goss
Deputy Chief Resigns From CIA
Agency Is Said to Be in Turmoil Under New Director Goss
By Dana Priest and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, November 13, 2004; Page A01
The deputy director of the CIA resigned yesterday after a series of
confrontations over the past week between senior operations officials
and CIA Director Porter J. Goss's new chief of staff that have left the
agency in turmoil, according to several current and former CIA
officials.
John E. McLaughlin, a 32-year CIA veteran who was acting director for
two months this summer until Goss took over, resigned after warning
Goss that his top aide, former Capitol Hill staff member Patrick
Murray, was treating senior officials disrespectfully and risked
widespread resignations, the officials said.
Yesterday, the agency official who oversees foreign operations, Deputy
Director of Operations Stephen R. Kappes, tendered his resignation
after a confrontation with Murray. Goss and the White House pleaded
with Kappes to reconsider and he agreed to delay his decision until
Monday, the officials said.
Several other senior clandestine service officers are threatening to
leave, current and former agency officials said.
The disruption comes as the CIA is trying to stay abreast of a
worldwide terrorist threat from al Qaeda, a growing insurgency in Iraq,
the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan and congressional proposals to
reorganize the intelligence agencies. The agency also has been
criticized for not preventing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and not
accurately assessing Saddam Hussein's ability to produce weapons of
mass destruction.
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