National Intelligence Director To Evaluate CIA Missions -- L.A. TimesDennis Blair moves to assert greater authority over clandestine operations amid mounting tension between the intelligence agencies.
Reporting from Washington - Sensitive CIA operations overseas will face new scrutiny from the nation's intelligence director under a plan approved by the White House and outlined in a memo to the espionage workforce last week.
The move marks an attempt by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair to assert greater authority over clandestine operations at a time of mounting bureaucratic frictions between the CIA and Blair's office.
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My Comment: The White House through the Director of National Intelligence is now asserting its role in intelligence matters. If I was working for the CIA, I would be getting the impression that this administration does not have any confidence in what I was doing .... hmmmm .... I guess this is another nail in the coffin for morale in the CIA.