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More from Laura Rozen. She talked to Chas Freeman and he says that Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) had nothing to do with his departure as National Intelligence Council chief:

Not so, said Freeman by e-mail: “Schumer deserves no credit. This was between me and [DNI Adm. Dennis] Blair and for the reasons stated.”

So it goes.

Tim Starks at Congressional Quarterly reports on a letter that Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair sent to Congress defending his National Intelligence Council director, Chas Freeman, against allegations of improper financial ties to foreign governments. That was the most serious charge against Freeman, and it doesn’t look like it’s held up:
In a copy of [...]