Yahoo News: 'The grim reaper for the enemy': CIA's 'legendary' Iran chief forced to retire
The CIA’s Iran chief, described by his colleagues as “legendary,” is being forced to retire as the center he oversees is folded back into the agency’s larger Middle East division, according to former CIA officials.
The official, Mike D’Andrea — nicknamed the “Dark Lord” or “Prince of Darkness” and known by the undercover name "Roger"— had been granted waivers that allowed him to continue working at the CIA past the mandatory retirement age, according to former agency officials.
But the agency declined his most recent retirement exception, according to these officials. D’Andrea’s retirement was first reported by the New York Times.
“They decided not to extend him again,” said a former senior CIA official. “It was basically, ‘Look, you’re not going to go any higher, we need new thinking, we need new people,’ and so they eased him out. He didn’t volunteer.”
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Update: Is the CIA Determined to Look Away from Iran? (Elliott Abrams, National Review)
WNU Editor: Forced to retire is a polite way of saying he was fired. The Biden administration is signaling to everyone once again that they are going to adopt a "softer" approach towards Iran.
2 comments:
You are correct WNU.
He was fired because he failed at his job. Incompetent boobs gotta be shown the door.
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