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D.N.I. Blair To Resign

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Admiral Dennis Blair, posted a brief statement on its website:

STATEMENT FROM DIRECTOR DENNIS C. BLAIR TO THE ODNI AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE


It is with deep regret that I informed the President today that I will step down as Director of National Intelligence effective Friday, May 28th.

I have had no greater honor or pleasure than to lead the remarkably talented and patriotic men and women of the Intelligence Community.

Every day, you have worked tirelessly to provide intelligence support for two wars and to prevent an attack on our homeland.

You are true heroes, just like the members of the Armed Forces, firefighters, and police whose job it is to keep our nation safe.

Your work over the past 16 months has made the Intelligence Community more integrated, agile, and representative of American values.  Keep it up – I will be cheering for you.

Dennis C. Blair

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One Response to “D.N.I. Blair To Resign”

  1. Nick Moscow says:
    May 28, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    BBC has an interesting article about the DNI position (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10175606.stm). One brief excerpt:

    “”As to having one person in control of all intelligence activity, I’m not certain that’s possible,” says Philip Mudd, former CIA and FBI analyst and senior research fellow at the New America Foundation. “There are something like 17 intelligence agencies – army intelligence and navy intelligence and so on.”

    The BBC also notes that there is a strong sentiment that the old system – where the DCI was the head of the IC – might work better than the current system does.