The nation's top intelligence official on Wednesday evening submitted his letter of resignation, ensuring that President-elect Donald Trump will have the option to build his own network of intel leaders.
"I submitted my letter of resignation last night, which felt pretty good," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday morning. "I have 64 days left and I would have a hard time with my wife for anything past that."
Clapper has long promised to leave his job at the end of President Obama's term in office, so his resignation was expected.
Still, the formal resignation brings the longtime intelligence official's government career to a close and leaves a key vacancy for Trump to fill.
Edward Snowden for Director of National Intelligence.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by tisI on Friday November 18 2016, @03:29PM
Just as long as Trump chooses to not go the route of becoming the next convicted war criminal repuglican president we may be okay.
Safe to assume your civil rights, constitutional protections and amendments will be under assault under the new repuglican rule just as with the last number of nazi presidents we have had, as with raygun, bush & baby bush.
Dubya's surveillance state and oppression could easily be regurgitated by the donald. Time will tell.
I do however have high hopes he won't butt fuck the nation too severely just because he's a repuglican, and they can. I would hope he's different and not a bought off insider like the rest of them. Again, time will tell.
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @05:27PM
Your points would be much more effective and much less flamebait if you avoided words like, "repuglican," "raygun," "baby bush," "dubya," and, "the donald."
But, troll's gotta troll, eh?
(Score: 2) by tisI on Sunday December 04 2016, @01:57PM
Bad day got the best of me
"Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself."