Saturday, June 26, 2010

Vacancies In Senior U.S. Intelligence Posts Raises National Security Concerns


Vacant Intel Jobs Raise Concerns Over Ability to Diffuse New Terror Plots -- FOX News

Vacancies in the United States' intelligence leadership, including the director of national intelligence and his chief deputies, are raising alarms over a potential "train wreck" of vulnerability, intelligence sources and others on Capitol Hill tell Fox News.

The goal of the national director is to maximize assets across the intelligence community. But the senior Republican on the House intelligence committee says that is not happening because the position, the nation’s top intelligence official, is now subordinate to the White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan.

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My Comment: Considering how political these appointments have become .... I would not be surprised if these posts are still empty in the fall.

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