“The job of the director of the CIA is to keep the country safe. It's a big job.”

— Porter Goss

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About Porter Goss

Politician • American

Porter Johnston Goss is an American politician and former intelligence official who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1989 to 2004. During his congressional tenure, he...

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