This story is once again by Ed Morrissey at Hot Air.
Sources involved in President-elect Obama’s transition confirm that former Admiral Dennis Blair has been selected as the new Director of National Intelligence. A 34-year Navy veteran, Blair was commander of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command, was director of the Joint Staff, but also worked with the CIA and National Security Council.
More at NYT
"An avid fisherman who speaks Russian, he was in the same Naval Academy graduating class as Oliver North and Senator Jim Webb of Virginia. He was passed over for chairman of the Joint Chiefs by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who considered him too independent and was wary of his views on engagement in Asia.
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