Photo: Dennis Blair(Image form the U.S.-China policy Foundation.
From Haaretz:
President Barack Obama's choice for spy chief, Dennis Blair, said Thursday that U.S. intelligence agencies should seek ways of working with Iran on issues of mutual interest, underscoring the new administration's interest in engagement with elements in the Islamic state.
"While policymakers need to understand anti-American leaders, policies and actions in Iran, the intelligence community can also help policymakers identify and understand other leaders and political forces, so that it is possible to work toward a future in both our interests," retired Admiral Blair said on Thursday in a prepared statement for a Senate hearing on his nomination as Director of National Intelligence.
Blair also backed Obama's decision to close Guantanamo prison and said humane treatment standards for terrorism suspects must apply throughout the government, breaking with the Bush administration's insistence on an exemption for the CIA.
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My Comment: The Director believes that working with certain elements in a country that calls for the extermination of Israel will bring about positive change in the future is delusional at best .... insane at worse.
There are no moderates in the Iranian political establishment. They are either dead, in hiding, or out of the country.
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