Director Porter Goss On If Putin Was Spying On President Reagan

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Porter J. Goss served as the first Director of the CIA under the newly signed Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. On August 10, 2004, President Bush said Porter Goss is a leader with strong experience in intelligence and the fight against terrorism. He knows his CIA inside and out. He's the right man to lead this important agency at this critical moment in our nation's history.Goss stated, There is no contradiction between intelligence and freedom.  America must acquire the secrets of its enemies if it is to remain free; and our skill and dedication to that calling are second to none.Goss said U.S. officials do not view torture as a method for gaining vital intelligence. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee, The United States does not engage in or condone torture, ... I know for a fact that torture is not productive. That's not professional interrogation. We don't torture.Goss was a U.S. Army Intelligence officer from 1960 to 1962. He served as a clandestine service officer with the CIA until 1972, when a serious illness forced his retirement. While at the CIA, he completed assignments in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe.Previously, Goss served as the Congressman from Southwest Florida for almost 16 years. He was Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 1997 until his nomination as DCI in August 2004. He served for almost a decade as a member of the committee, which oversees the intelligence community and authorizes its annual budget. Goss was a co-sponsor of the Patriot Act and was a co-chair of the Joint 9/11 Intelligence Inquiry.