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DNI Confirmation Hearing: Several Intelligence Directors Will Stay On in Obama Era

By | 01.22.09 | 11:06 am

To tell you the truth, I’m not sure if this is news, but Adm. Dennis Blair (Ret.) told the Senate intelligence committee that there will be at least some significant continuity in the intelligence community. Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander will stay as head of the National Security Agency, and More…

DNI Confirmation Hearing: Dennis Blair’s Priorities for Intelligence

By | 01.22.09 | 10:58 am

Retired Adm. Dennis Blair is up before the Senate intelligence committee for his confirmation as director of national intelligence, the head of the 16-agency intelligence community and the chief intelligence adviser to the president and his cabinet. It’s a job that hasn’t yet lived up to its promise of More…