{"id":572375,"date":"2010-05-20T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2010-05-20T20:27:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T00:27:07","slug":"dennis-blair-resigns-as-director-of-u-s-national-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/572375","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Blair resigns as director of U.S. National Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dennis-Blair-resigns-as-director-of-U.S.-National-Intelligence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11732\" title=\"Dennis Blair resigns as director of U.S. National Intelligence\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dennis-Blair-resigns-as-director-of-U.S.-National-Intelligence.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Blair resigns as director of U.S. National Intelligence\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Director of U.S. National Intelligence<\/strong>, <strong>Dennis Blair<\/strong>, announced his resignation at a time when its work has been put into question after the failed attacks of Detroit and New York. President <strong>Barack Obama<\/strong> has accepted the resignation of <strong>Dennis Blair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;During his time as <strong>DNI<\/strong>, our intelligence community has performed admirably and effectively at a time of great challenges to our security, and I have valued his sense of purpose and patriotism,&#8221; <strong>Obama <\/strong>said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have had no greater honor or pleasure than to lead the remarkably talented and patriotic men and women of the Intelligence Community,\u201d <strong>Blair <\/strong>said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AdSense Now! V1.90 --><br \/>\n<!-- Post[count: 2] --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsense adsense-midtext\" style=\"float:left;margin: 12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0705872009880607\";\n\/* 336x280, created 2\/24\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4440161719\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As <strong>Director of Intelligence<\/strong>, <strong>Blair <\/strong>was responsible for the coordination of 16 government agencies involved in gathering intelligence and fighting terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>His resignation comes after a highly critical Senate report \u00a0which says that he attributed largely to failures in the Counterterrorism Center&#8217;s Directorate of Intelligence the responsibility to avoid the failed attack on Christmas Day last year against an airplane that covered the\u00a0route between Amsterdam and Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the Nigerian student tried to blow Faruk Abdulmutallab explosive hidden in his underwear.\u00a0Abdulmutallab retained his visa to travel to U.S.\u00a0even after his father, a prominent banker in Nigeria, had informed U.S. diplomats and agents of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Abuja concerned about the extremist ideas of the young.\u00a0Abdulmutallab name joined a list of about 560,000 people suspected of terrorist activities, but information on the young did not reach the level to which the U.S. State Department\u00a0cancel his visa.<\/p>\n<p>Following publication of the report of the Senate, <strong>Blair <\/strong>issued a statement acknowledging that &#8220;institutional and technological barriers remain that prevent the smooth exchange of information&#8221; between the various agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/health\/2010\/what-makes-a-person-intelligent\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Makes A Person Intelligent?'>What Makes A Person Intelligent?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/general\/2010\/obama-allegedly-cheated-with-vera-baker\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Obama Allegedly cheated with Vera Baker'>Obama Allegedly cheated with Vera Baker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='http:\/\/www.sevensidedcube.net\/general\/2010\/new-security-rules-for-fliers\/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New Security Rules for Fliers'>New Security Rules for Fliers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/sevensidedcube\/OXLF\/~4\/BjIZ-1uBZjQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of U.S. National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, announced his resignation at a time when its work has been put into question after the failed attacks of Detroit and New York. 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