Posted on 05/20/2010 2:22:03 PM PDT by rdl6989
ABC News has learned that President Obama will replace the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair (ret.) His resignation will come as soon as tomorrow, sources tell ABC News.
For several weeks President Obama has been holding serious conversations about whether to ask Blair to step down and has interviewed candidates to replace him. After a discussion this afternoon between the president and Blair in the Oval Office about the best way forward, Blair offered to resign and the president said he would accept, sources told ABC News.
Multiple administration sources tell ABC News that Blair’s tenure internally has been a rocky one.
On the heels of a number of intelligence failures involving the Fort Hood shooter, failed Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouq Abdulmuttalab, and questions about failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, it was no longer clear that Blair -- tasked with coordinating the 16 intelligence agencies and ensuring that they cooperate and share information – still had the full and complete confidence of the president, sources say.
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The real news will be who replaces the guy...Obama needs his cronnies in this position...
This guy in this position knows everything about every body...
After a discussion this afternoon between the president and Blair in the Oval Office about the best way forward, Blair offered to resign and the president said he would accept, sources told ABC News.
Riiiiight.
Apparently Blair had too much intelligence for BO/BS.
“...still had the full and complete confidence of the president, sources say.”
The size of the bus required for his friends, family and employees grows bigger and bigger...
I can’t wait for this book to come out.
Admiral Blair, avoid Ft Marcy Park, canoeing on the Potomac, and hotel rooms with high balconies.
I wonder who the replacement will be? Please don’t let it be Napolitano.
From Wiki:
Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, he was assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19). He then received a Rhodes Scholarship, majoring in Russian studies at Oxford University, attending during the same time future president Bill Clinton studied there (although President Clinton did not complete the program).[5] He served as a White House Fellow from 1975-76 with Wesley Clark and Marshall Carter, who later became chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.
“I wonder who the replacement will be? Please don’t let it be Napolitano.”
It will be someone with at least as many qualifications for the job as Obama had when elected....
Hmmmmm.....from Wikipedia....
Appointment of Intelligence Community representatives
In May 2009, Director Blair attempted to exercise his authority to appoint an intelligence officer as his representative abroad, only to have CIA Director Leon Panetta counter his memo with a memo of his own.[22] Former DNI Mike McConnell and the first DNI, John Negroponte, were both unable to take this community management function away from the CIA, which has been under the CIA’s jurisdiction since 1947.[23] According to news reports, President Bush had to issue an executive order to give the DNI his congressionally mandated powers to force the CIA and other intelligence agencies to respond to the DNI’s demands. A number of government executives agree that the DNI should not have to go to the President each time the DNI wants to implement guidance.[24] Late July 2009, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence backed the DNI, asking the CIA to give “prompt adherence” to the DNI’s decision.[23]
However, on November 10, 2009, the White House decided in the CIA’s favor, granting them authority to continue to select the chief U.S. intelligence officer in each country where the U.S. has a presence. Some intelligence experts believe this significantly weakens the DNI’s authority, comparing the DNI to a DCI without an agency.[25] U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine expressed concerns during hearings over the botched 2009 Christmas terrorist attack that the White House had undermined the power of ODNI by siding with the CIA in turf disputes, specifically citing this disagreement over intelligence community appointees. [26] [27] [28] In a January 2010 statement to lawmakers by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton who led the 9-11 Commission Report, Kean and Hamilton urged Obama to be clear who was in charge and urged a strong DNI. [29] According to the Washington Post, a former Clinton administration official suggested scrapping the DNI position if Blair we’re removed. [30]
[edit] Testimony on use of assassination on United States citizens
On 3 February 2010 as Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, a retired four-star United States Navy Admiral, testified before Congress, “Being a U.S. citizen will not spare an American from getting assassinated by military or intelligence operatives[dubious – discuss] … If we think that direct action will involve killing an American, we get specific permission to do that.”[31][32][33]
Admiral Blaair is an Honorable American Patriot!
OBOZO is NOT an Honorable American Patriot!
America gets stuck with the Residue again!
Way to go ‘Bammy. Tie their hands behind their backs, then blame them for anything bad that happens. Any bets on his replacement yet? Van Jones? The Ft. Hood shooter? A Kennedy?
If that’s true than it will be Napolitano.
“If that’s true than it will be Napolitano.”
Or almost anybody with a pulse and a hatred of white America.
my concern too...
Another Obama failure.
Multiple administration sources tell ABC News that Blair’s tenure internally has been a rocky one.
Bill Ayers comes to mind......
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