Admiral Dennis Blair was prone to accidents, from his early days as director of national intelligence. But the real problem that a post in the mandate is clear and the forces that have existed more on paper than in reality.
Blair announced his resignation today after a tour of a rocky 15 months and who discovered the limits of his authority by repeatedly Stubbing his toe. It was supposed to be the Coordinator, who will ease the wars that are endemic in the intelligence community. Instead, he picked a fight with Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, and not a good idea in a city where a powerful Panetta more political than it does Blair, President of the nominal.
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