Dennis C. Blair will resign Friday as the US Director of National Intelligence after a term damaged by the failures of U.S. spy agencies to detect insurgencies.
Retired U.S. Navy admiral Dennis C. Blair leaves his office 16 months after President Barack Obama surprisingly appointed him as Director of National Intelligence. Blair was offered to resign after a private phone conversation with President Obama on Thursday.
According to ABC News, President Obama has been holding serious conversations about Blair’s resignation and has interviewed candidates to replace him.
Dennis Blair had been charged with carrying out Obama’s campaign pledge to move the country away from controversial programs such as CIA’s use of harsh interrogation methods. He also make public comments that revealed his disappointment with the way the intelligence community works.
Officials said Blair was asked to step down because the dissatisfaction President Obama and the National Security Staff had with Blair’s ability to share intelligence in a tight, coherent and timely way. They were dissappointed with Blair as the principal intelligence adviser to the president.
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