WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top intelligence official emerged yesterday as the leading choice for what is becoming known as one of the most thankless jobs in Washington: director of national intelligence. The office has taken its third victim....
The popular refrain from across the IC, as the intelligence community calls itself, is that the director of national intelligence has “all the responsibility and none of the authority.’’
They make you want to puke with that s***.
Related: Thank God Someone Reads the New York Times
I never do if it isn't in my Boston Globe.
So this next guy must be on board with all the dirty CIA s***, 'eh?
"Pentagon official tapped as intelligence director; Obama expected to announce nomination today" by Kimberly Dozier and Julie Pace, Associated Press | June 5, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Obama intends to nominate the Pentagon’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, as the next national intelligence director despite some objections from Capitol Hill, a senior administration official said yesterday.
From who? Peaceniks?
Obama will announce his nomination of Clapper, a retired Air Force general, in a Rose Garden ceremony this morning, said the official, who would speak only on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.
Clapper would replace retired Admiral Dennis Blair, who resigned last month after frequent clashes with the White House.
But Clapper’s own combative sparring with lawmakers during past congressional hearings made him an unpopular choice with leading legislators on both sides of the aisle.
No kidding?
His critics question whether he will be able to counter Obama’s influential intelligence inner circle, which includes senior counterterrorism adviser John Brennan and CIA Director Leon Panetta.
I would expect not; that's why Blair was asked to leave.
Clapper, a retired Air Force three-star general, served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, which often works closely with the CIA.
Oh, then he is IN IT UP TO HIS NECK!
In retirement, he became the first civilian director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, with a few years in private sector focusing on intelligence issues in between.
Great, he is running the revolving door through the $y$tem.
He’s known for blunt, sometimes salty speech, both in the Pentagon and behind closed doors at congressional hearings.
Retired General Mike McConnell, the second national intelligence director, had an intelligence background, and received fairly high marks in his role in George W. Bush’s administration.
But neither the first national intelligence director, John Negroponte, nor the most recent, Blair, had a long track record inside intelligence. As a result, both were criticized within the intelligence community for clashing with its insular culture.
Blair almost immediately fell into turf battles with Panetta. Blair objected to the CIA’s frequent use of covert action.
That is why he is gone.
And he butted heads with Panetta over who would had ultimate say in representing the national intelligence abroad, which had been handled by CIA station chiefs.
Related: Panetta the Prick
Blair wanted to have final say, but when Blair asked the White House to back him up, Brennan instead ruled in favor of Panetta.
I thought there was something sticking out of Blair's back.
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Well, I would hope your dick falls off, Obomber; however, after what happened with the Gaza flotilla it is obvious you have no sex organ down there.
"Fight looms over intelligence chief
WASHINGTON — A Vietnam veteran, James R. Clapper once directed the Defense Intelligence Agency, which often works closely with the CIA. He was the first civilian director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which analyzes imagery such as satellite pictures or video taken from aircraft. In between, there were a few years in the private sector focusing on intelligence issues....
In private, Clapper has faced off with lawmakers, sometimes resorting to colorful language to make a point. Those prickly relations may come back to haunt him as he awaits confirmation....
When the FATE of the NATION is at stake?
It is at this point that you realize the POLITICIANS KNOW that "terrorism" is a GOVERNMENT CREATED, FUNDED, and DIRECTED FRAUD!
Otherwise PETTY PERSONAL POLITICS would NOT MATTER when it comes to PROTECTING us!!!!!!
Senator Dianne Feinstein, who leads the Senate committee, has said it would be better to have a civilian in the intelligence job....
How would she know?
