Turf Warrior: Can Dennis Blair Save U.S. intelligence? -- The New Republic
In the shadow of the intelligence failure that culminated with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab lighting an explosive aboard a Detroit-bound flight, the titular head of the U.S. intelligence community was busy fighting another war. For months, in fact, Admiral Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence (DNI), had been waging an epic bureaucratic offensive. His job had been created in the wake of September 11 to foster cooperation and accountability among the 16 agencies sifting through the mounds of inbound data about threats to U.S. interests. Turf wars, the job’s congressional creators theorized, had prevented spooks from the sort of sharing that would piece together plots. So a strong leader was needed to heal these rifts in the government.
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My Comment: There is a lot of information in this article. Since Dennis Blair was not granting any interviews .... the source of some of this info must have come from the CIA and/or those who have been critical of Dennis Blair .... and from what I am reading I cannot help but feel that there are some in Washington who definitely want Dennis Blair's scalp.
While this does not surprise me .... Washington is always about "power and turf battles" .... what surprises me is the detail in information that TNR was able to get their hands on. This is a very well written critique on Dennis Blair .... and if the intent was to sow doubt in his abilities to function in his job, this article has certainly been successful at it.
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