Congress upset at lord of the spies

BY ROBERT NOVAK
SUN-TIMES

The surprise sacking and replacement of Porter Goss as CIA director obscured dissatisfaction with the official behind the change. Ambassador John Negroponte, the first director of national intelligence, in effect determined that Goss had to go. His replacement by Negroponte's deputy, Gen. Michael V. Hayden, may mean further ''militarization'' of U.S. intelligence and a return to business as usual at a CIA plagued by catastrophic intelligence failures. Full column.