CIA Director Porter Goss today handed Executive Director A.B. “Buzzy'’ Krongard, 67, his walking papers. Word is that when Goss was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, he and Krongard mixed it up a few times over compensation reform issues.

Krongard’s replace as executive director will be Michael Kostiw, who once served on the Intelligence Committee staff.

Reuters reports that Krongard “once punched the head of a great white shark.”

The man speaking to the debate audience as I type, as shown on C-SPAN, looks somewhat like Porter Goss. His name is Frank Fahrenkopf, and he is co-chairman of the Presidential Debates Commission.

I’ll try to limit my snickers or remove myself to the cloakroom.