Top spy job is no plum

By Peter Newbatt Smith

President-Elect Barack Obama has been slow to name his choice for the government’s top intelligence job, director of national intelligence.

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"… been slow to name his choice for the government’s top intelligence job, director of national intelligence. Maybe that’s because the position hasn’t been advertised widely enoug …"

Agencies failed to share intelligence on 9/11 terrorists

By The Center for Public Integrity

If intelligence and law enforcement agencies had shared information, they may have foreseen 9/11 hijackings

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"… and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 created the powerful new position of director of national intelligence to oversee and coordinate the work of the nation’s intelligence agencies …"

"… amara as program manager for the role and located his office under the new director of national intelligence. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has acknowledged the substanti …"

Thousands of free trips taken by Pentagon staff

By M.B. Pell and Aaron Mehta

DOD personnel took $26 million in travel from industry, foreign governments.

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"… Dennis Blair, then commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, and now director of national intelligence, took a $3,600 trip to China paid for by the People’s Republic of China. …"