“Director of National Intelligence” on The Daily Caller

In an interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, National Intelligence Director James Clapper makes a startling admission: that he was unaware of the arrest of 12 suspected terrorists that had occurred in the United Kingdom and dominated the news cycle that very day. (more)

In the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Congress began the process of identifying structural, operational and cross-agency shortcomings that may have allowed the 9/11 hijackers to elude capture in the months leading up to the attack. (more)

WASHINGTON — Telling a Senate panel that he would not be a “hood ornament,” the Obama administration’s candidate to become national intelligence director pledged Tuesday that despite the job’s vague authority, he would try to bring an end to turf battles and bureaucratic bloat in America’s spy agencies. (more)

A recently published article titled Top Secret America by the Washington Post made a blatant attempt to destroy U.S. National Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community’s never ending attempt to ethically secure the persons of this great country. This flagrant attempt of belittling the very organizations that allows the Washington Post an opportunity to freely express itself is depressing and completely appalling! (more)

The Obama administration’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence is expected to face questions from Congress on Tuesday about the expansion of top-secret agencies and contracts, after reports in The Washington Post showing that these efforts have become “so unwieldy and so secretive” that effective oversight is impossible. (more)

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence sent a memo late last week to contractors warning them about the Washington Post’s article on the growth of top-secret agencies and contracting activity. (more)

This morning I received this memo from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (more)

The White House is reassessing candidates to succeed Adm. Dennis C. Blair as director of national intelligence in the face of congressional opposition to the appointment of the administration’s leading contender, officials say. (more)

The resignation of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dennis Blair, is a symptom of a more serious problem within the Obama administration than the failures of the DNI. It’s a problem that won’t disappear with Blair’s departure. Fixing it requires more than appointing the right replacement. It requires a hard look at the DNI position itself and how President Obama and his White House oversee it. (more)

In a second round of hearings on the attempted Christmas day airline bombing, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) opened with a sympathetic defense of National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair’s candidness in last week’s hearing. (more)

When asked whether he should have been consulted on the treatment of the “underpants bomber” who attempted an attack on a Detroit-bound jet, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair answered in a word: “Duh.” (more)