From The Guardian UK
By Katherine Shrader

WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House planned to quickly nominate a new CIA director to replace outgoing Porter Goss, who offered little explanation in announcing his resignation from the embattled agency.

The leading candidate to replace him is Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte, said a senior administration official. An announcement could come as early as Monday.

Hayden was National Security Agency director until becoming the nation’s No. 2 intelligence official a year ago. Since December, he has aggressively defended the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program. He was one of its chief architects.

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