Deep in the Post’s story on Friday’s raid of Dusty Foggo’s home and office, there was this:
Intelligence officials close to [Porter Goss] said yesterday that Goss had asked Foggo to resign early last week, several days before the White House announced that it was replacing Goss.
“Porter asked him to step down because of his concerns that the allegations against Foggo had become a distraction for the employees and had the potential to damage the agency’s reputation,” an intelligence official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity. The official said Goss had no knowledge that federal agents were preparing to issue search warrants at the time or even that his own resignation was only days away from being announced by President Bush.
The Times reports this too, attributing it to “intelligence officials.” Whether you believe it or not, it makes it that much harder to believe that Foggo had “nothing whatsoever” with Goss’s decision to step down.
