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US Spy Chief James Clapper Resigns

posted by martyb on Friday November 18 2016, @11:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the reading-1984-is-not-a-pre-req dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @05:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @05:27PM (#428939)

    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

    by tisI (5866) on Sunday December 04 2016, @01:57PM (#436875)

    Bad day got the best of me

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    "Suppose you were an idiot...and suppose you were a member of Congress...but I repeat myself."