Now, "the real battle lies between" Negroponte and Rumsfeld, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Donald Kerrick, a former deputy national security adviser and once a senior official at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

"Rumsfeld rules the roost now."

One senior European counterterrorism official, asked recently for his assessment of Goss's leadership, responded by saying, "Who?"

Any other questions about how Porter was doing his job?

Now, "the real battle lies between" Negroponte and Rumsfeld, said retired Army Lt. Gen. Donald Kerrick, a former deputy national security adviser and once a senior official at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

"Rumsfeld rules the roost now."

If they are smart, Negroponte will take over.

"Now there's a decline in morale, its capability has not been optimized and there's a hemorrhaging of very good officers," Brennan said. "Turf battles continue" with other parts of the recently reorganized U.S. intelligence community "because there's a lack of clarity and he had no vision or strategy about the CIA's future." Brennan added: "Porter's a dedicated public servant. He was ill-suited for the job."

Bring back William Webster. To my knowledge, he was well-liked. Plus he's got a lot of public goodwill at the moment via his association with the Kryptos sculpture. People will be more interested in what he knows about K4 ("Only WW knows"), than worrying about CIA SNAFUs.

Elonka :)