mike mcconnell

Late in 2008, Mike McConnell, then the director of national intelligence, issued a directive instructing CIA officials at overseas outposts directly responsible to him. It was the first time in the brief history of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that the director had waded a toe into the operational side of spycraft. [...]

Some new (and continuity-filled!) Pentagon appointments from the White House today: first, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy’s deputy will be — surprise, surprise — someone from the Center for a New American Security, the think tank she co-founded. That’s Jim Miller, a CNAS vice president and director of studies. Laura Rozen reported this [...]

Former intelligence chief Mike McConnell’s abrupt travel plans are hereby excused. The Senate has confirmed by voice vote his fellow retired Navy admiral, Dennis Blair as the third director of national intelligence. (Well, fourth, technically. McConnell’s odd decision Tuesday to quit meant that his deputy, Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, was director for a day. If [...]

Dennis Blair hasn’t been confirmed by the Senate as the next director of national intelligence, yet. If I’m not mistaken, the Senate intelligence committee hasn’t yet voted his nomination out to the full chamber — but the existing director, retired Adm. Mike McConnell, has… abruptly quit.

Mike McConnell, the outgoing director of national intelligence, basically had one overarching goal for his tenure: secure congressional approval for the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program through the revision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), the outgoing chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, helped him do it.
So it’s hardly surprising [...]

Just emailed to reporters: outgoing Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell’s praise for incoming DNI Denny Blair.
I am very pleased to learn that President-elect Obama has nominated Admiral Dennis C. Blair to be the next DNI.
Admiral Blair has been a colleague and friend for more than 20 years. His reputation for intelligence, insight and leadership [...]