What were the real reasons for CIA Director Porter Goss's sudden resignation?

What were the real reasons for CIA Director Porter Goss's sudden resignation? The public story promoted by the administration was that the resignation was the result of a turf war.

Dave Mulcahey in In These Times dug deeper with the help of blogs and reporting by the San Diego Union Tribune. Late last year Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) pleaded guilty--and resigned from Congress--for taking $2.4 million in bribes mostly from defense contractors in exchange for government business and other favors.

Mulcahey cites Brent Wilkes as one of the defense contractors, who also had contracts with Homeland Security and other federal agencies. He also offered the services of prostitutes.

As the investigation intensified, "scrutiny soon settled upon the highest echelons of the CIA," according to Mulcahey, "Kyle 'Dusty' Foggo, a bosom pal of Wilkes, and a mysterious person known as 'Nine Fingers' were identified as frequent guests at Wilkes' bacchanals.

"They turned out to be, respectively, the No. 3 man at the CIA and a former staffer for CIA Director Porter Goss when he was chair of the House committee on intelligence. Goss lasted a few days before tendering a hasty resignation. Foggo followed the next week."

Not turf wars, but these sordid happenings caused Goss's resignation without any explanation and no replacement at the time, alleges Mulcahey.