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Clapper named Obama spy chief |
2010-06-06 |
[Iran Press TV Latest] US President Barack Obama has picked retired General James Clapper as head of the US national intelligence, describing him as "eminently qualified" for the post. In the White House Rose Garden on Saturday Obama gave the sensitive job to the former Air Force General, characterizing Clapper as someone who "understands the importance of working with our partners in Congress." "With four decades of service to America, Jim is one of our nation's most experienced and most respected intelligence professionals," Obama told reporters. Clapper will succeed Dennis Blair, a retired navy admiral, who stepped down last month as director of national intelligence. Blair's resignation came on the heels of a series of security lapses in the US intelligence, including the failure to detect the Christmas Day airline bomb plot. Obama called on the lawmakers in the US Senate to quickly ratify Clapper's appointment, saying that "this nomination can't fall victim to the usual Washington politics." "Given the importance of this position, the urgent threats to our nation and Jim's unique experience, I urge the Senate to do so again and as swiftly as possible," he said. If approved as the director of national intelligence, Clapper will monitor the 16 agencies that form the US intelligence body, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Here is a little background on him, from WIKI:After a brief enlistment in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, General Clapper transferred to the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He was commissioned in 1963 as a distinguished military graduate from the University of Maryland. He commanded a signals intelligence detachment in Thailand (where he flew 73 combat support missions in EC-47s), a signals intelligence SIGINT wing at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and the Air Force Technical Applications Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Clapper served as director of intelligence for three of the unified commands: U.S. Forces Korea, U.S. Pacific Command and Strategic Air Command. Also, he served as senior intelligence officer for the Air Force.[3] Clapper's final military post was as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. After this he briefly served as an executive in several private companies such as Booz Allen Hamilton and SRA International. |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-06-06 13:37 |
#1 If approved as the director of national intelligence, Clapper will |
Posted by: Pappy 2010-06-06 01:09 |