Saturday, June 5, 2010

Trouble Ahead For President Obama's Pick To Be Director For National Intelligence

Nominee for Director of National Intelligence retired Gen. James Clapper speaks alongside President Barack Obama in the White House Rose Garden Saturday June 5. Newscom

Key lawmakers Resist Obama's Pick Of Clapper As Intelligence Chief -- Christian Science Monitor

Retired Air Force Gen. James Clapper has plenty of experience in the intelligence bureaucracy. But key lawmakers aren't happy with Obama's pick to be Director of National Intelligence.

US intelligence capabilities are sprawled across many powerful agencies. And reflective of the kind of operations the clandestine services organize and carry out daily around the world, there’s a lot of close-in fighting – within and between the bureaucracies, just as there is on the ground in physically dangerous places.

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More News On President Obama's Pick To Be Director Of National Intelligence

Fight ahead for Obama's intelligence chief choice -- AP
Likely Intel-Czar Nominee Faces Tough Congressional Battle -- Newsweek
Senators question Obama's choice of Clapper as national intelligence director -- Washington Post
Lawmakers uneasy with DNI pick -- Politico

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