Dennis Blair Rips Obama White House -- Politico
ASPEN, Colo. — Former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair unloaded on the White House Thursday evening, strongly criticizing the administration’s reliance on U.S.-directed drone strikes and saying officials have failed to implement the lessons of 9/11 by backing away from efforts to integrate the intelligence community.
Blair, who was essentially fired by President Barack Obama last year, said the administration should curtail U.S.-led drone strikes on suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia because the missiles fired from unmanned aircraft are fueling anti-American sentiment and undercutting reform efforts in those countries.
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Update: Former Intel Chief: Call Off The Drone War (And Maybe the Whole War on Terror) -- Danger Room
My Comment: Unfortunately .... in the interview he does not go into any details on why was he fired/replaced. I doubt that it was because of his policy differences with President Obama on drone strikes that resulted in him being replaced, but having said that .... Dennis Blair is spot on in his analysis, and in the Danger Room post his last comments are correct ....
.... Blair mentioned that 17 Americans have been killed on U.S. soil by terrorists since 9/11 — 14 of them in the Ft. Hood massacre. Meanwhile, auto accidents, murders and rapes combine have killed an estimated 1.5 million people in the past decade. “What is it that justifies this amount of money on this narrow problem?” he asked.
Blair purposely let his own question go unanswered.
Indeed.
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