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Experts: China seeking to normalize military presence beyond borders
World News // 4 years ago
Experts: China seeking to normalize military presence beyond borders
China's Belt and Road Initiative, its military base in Africa, and increased humanitarian aid help normalize China's military presence outside its borders as part of an escalating power projection, an expert said.
Snowden leaks accelerated encryption technology by 7 years, U.S. intelligence chief says
U.S. News // 7 years ago
Snowden leaks accelerated encryption technology by 7 years, U.S. intelligence chief says
Edward Snowden, by leaking classified national data two years ago, has set U.S. intelligence efforts back nearly 10 years, intelligence officials said.
U.S. News // 1 decade ago
Obama picks Clapper as intelligence head
U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday nominated James Clapper, the Defense Department intelligence chief, to serve as the next national intelligence director.
U.S. News // 1 decade ago
Agreement reached over Guantanamo inmates
Two federal officials say all U.S. intelligence agencies reached an agreement regarding which Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be set free.
Special Reports // 1 decade ago
Balkans threaten EU security, U.S. says
Instability in the Balkans is the biggest threat to Europe's security this year, the top U.S. intelligence official said.
Daily Briefing // 1 decade ago
Terror threat
CIA Director Leon Panetta warned that al-Qaida is changing its tactics in a way that makes terror plots harder to detect.
Special Reports // 1 decade ago
DNI takes 'penetrating look' at intel
U.S. intelligence agencies failed to understand the threat from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula but are committed to meeting the challenge, officials said.
Special Reports // 1 decade ago
We got the message, DNI tells Obama
The U.S. intelligence community has made progress in collection and collaboration but needs to work harder to adapt to new threats, intelligence officials said.
U.S. News // 1 decade ago
Spy agencies differ on 'significant' intel
An aide to the national intelligence director says each U.S. intelligence agency is responsible for keeping Congress informed of its sensitive activities.
Top News // 1 decade ago
Blair defends decision not to prosecute
The top U.S. intelligence officer defended use of harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects, saying CIA officers relied on Justice Department opinions.


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We need to move intelligence away from the cold war mind-set, and the CIA has a problem to some extent accepting that

Battle flares over U.S. intel turf Jun 09, 2009

Priscilla's skill in information technology and background in management of a large organization well qualify her to further advance our information-sharing goals

ODNI's new CIO to support info-sharing May 28, 2009

It was during these months that the CIA was struggling to obtain critical information from captured al-Qaida leaders, and requested permission to use harsher interrogation methods

Blair defends decision not to prosecute Apr 17, 2009

The North Koreans announced that they were going to do a space launch, and I believe that that's what they intend

N. Korea to launch satellite April 4-8 Mar 12, 2009

The longer it takes for the recovery to begin, the greater the likelihood of serious damage to U.S. strategic interests

Intelligence chief: Economy major threat Feb 12, 2009

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Dennis Cutler Blair (born February 4, 1947) is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and is a retired United States Navy admiral. He was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve in the Obama administration as DNI on January 28, 2009 and took office the next day. He announced his resignation May 20, 2010, effective May 28.

Blair was born in Kittery, Maine, the son of Abbie Dora (née Ansel) and Captain Carvel Hall Blair. He is a sixth generation naval officer and the great-great-great-grandson of Confederate Chief Engineer William Price Williamson of North Carolina, credited with first suggesting that the hull of the USS Merrimack be used to build the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia. Blair attended St. Andrew's School (1964), and, as a classmate of Oliver North and James H. Webb, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1968.

Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, he was assigned to the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall (DDG-19). He then received a Rhodes Scholarship, majoring in Russian studies at Oxford University, attending during the same time future president Bill Clinton studied there (President Clinton did not complete the program). He served as a White House Fellow from 1975-76 with Wesley Clark and Marshall Carter, who later became chairman of the New York Stock Exchange.

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