What is Porter Goss?
{{Infobox Congressman |name = Porter Johnston Goss |image = Porter goss.jpg |state = [[Florida]] |district = [[Florida's 13th congressional district|13th]] and [[Florida's 14th congressional district|14th]] |term_start = January 3, 1989 |term_end = January 3, 1993 (13th){{br}}January 3, 1993 – September 23, 2004 (14th) |preceded = [[Connie Mack III]]{{br}}[[Harry Johnston]] |succeeded = [[Dan Miller (U.S. politician)|Dan Miller]]{{br}}[[Connie Mack IV]] |order2 = 19th [[Director of Central Intelligence]]/[[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency]] |term_start2 = September 24, 2004 |term_end2 = May 5, 2006 |president2 = [[George W. Bush]] |preceded2 = [[George Tenet]] |succeeded2 = [[John Negroponte]] (as [[United States Director of National Intelligence|DNI]]){{br}}[[Michael Hayden]] (as [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|Director of the CIA]]) |birth_date = December 10, 1938 |birth_place = [[Waterbury, Connecticut]] |death_date = |death_place = |nationality = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Porter Johnston Goss''' (born December 10, 1938) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was the last [[Director of Central Intelligence]] and the first [[Director of the Central Intelligence Agency|Director]] of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] following the passage of the 2004 [[Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act]], which abolished the DCI position. A CIA officer in [[Latin America]] during the [[Cold War]], he served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1989 until he took up his post at the agency. {{DCIA}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goss, Porter}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Directors of the C