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Who’s Getting The Intel Jobs in an Obama Administration?
Started by washingtonindependent · 8 months ago
Mark Hosenball at Newsweek names some people potentially in the running to be director of national intelligence in an Obama administration:
Some prominent politicians who have handled intelligence issues–including Rep Jane Harman, a former top House Intelligence Committee Democrat% ... Continue reading »
Some prominent politicians who have handled intelligence issues–including Rep Jane Harman, a former top House Intelligence Committee Democrat% ... Continue reading »
7 months ago
I believe, I hope, that he also knows that spying on his fellow citizens is not how to get it.
I believe that we have no choice but to trust him at the start and then judge him on his track record, and not before.