Top CIA official to quit sooner over Goss dispute �-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Top CIA official to quit sooner over Goss dispute�-�Nation/Politics�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: "September 15, 2005

A senior official in the CIA's espionage branch will leave earlier than announced because of a dispute with CIA Director Porter J. Goss on reforms within the agency's spying branch, Bush administration officials said yesterday.
Robert Richer, the associate deputy director of operations, the No. 2 official in the CIA's clandestine service, had planned to retire from the agency effective November, according to a recent announcement to agency employees by Mr. Goss.
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He has said that he disagreed with and did not have confidence in Mr. Goss and his key aides."