Somewhere, Phil Mudd Is Quietly Sobbing

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As we reported last night, DHSintelligence chiefs were expected to take some heat Wednesday morning at a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, chaired by Rep. Jane Harman(D-Calif.).

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But the hearing had hardly opened before the full committee chairman, Bennie Thompson(D-Miss), big-footed into the proceedings to blast the DHS undersecretary for intelligence and analysis Caryn Wagner, in office only three months.

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“Unfortunately, your I&A has still never established a specific and effective strategic planthat both describes and delivers results, measures those results, and helps course correct if or when those results are insufficient,” Thompson said, reading from a prepared statement.