thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 3/10/2009
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thecable.foreignpolicy.com —
Retired Amb. Chas Freeman , who said today
that he no longer accepts an offer to chair
the National Intelligence Council, has just sent this message: You will by now have seen the statement by Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair ...
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Freeman speaks out on his exit
politico.com - 3/10/2009
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politico.com —
The controversial appointee to chair Obama’s National Intelligence
Council walks away from the job.
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Chas Freeman pulls out
washingtonindependent.com - 3/10/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
Just released from Director of National Intelligence Dennis
Blair’s office: Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair
announced today that Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National ...
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Chas Freeman’s Out
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Blair Defends Freeman Against ‘Concerns’ Of Lieberman
Wonk Room —
During DNI Dennis Blair’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) pressed a line of questioning on Blair’s choice for chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Chas Freeman. “The concern here,” said Leiberman, is that a number of statements from Freeman “suggest he’s more than an advocate than an analyst.” Lieberman also raised questions about Freeman’s past financial associations (which Blair had responded to yesterday.) Lieberman asked Blair what he was doing “about the concerns that have been expressed” about the selection of Freeman.
Blair ...
Lieberman Joins Republican Attacks On Chas Freeman: ‘I’m Concerned’
Think Progress —
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) questioned National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair about his selection of Chas Freeman to head the National Intelligence Council.
Freeman’s views on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute have raised concerns among neoconservatives weeks ago. In recent days, Freeman’s critics have made “unpersuasive attempts at describing [him] as ‘hostile’ to Israel; a radical ideologue; and an apologist for human rights abuses are what remains of the opposition.”
Yesterday, a group of Senate Republicans on the Intelligence committee wrote a letter ...
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blog.foreignpolicy.com 3/15/2009 — If you've been following the Chas Freeman saga , you'll certainly want to check out the former nominee's interview with The Nation 's Robert Dreyfuss. In the interview, Freeman addresses the blistering e-mail message that The Cable 's Laura Rozen ...
Blair Defends Freeman Against ‘Concerns’ Of Lieberman
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 3/10/2009 — During DNI Dennis Blair’s testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) pressed a line of questioning on Blair’s choice for chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Chas Freeman. “The concern ...
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/5/2009 — Eli Lake dutifully serves up the first round of investigation and ominously notes:
"The director did not seek the White House's approval," [Dennis Blair's spokeswoman] Ms. Morigi
said. "In addition to his formal background security ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 3/5/2009 — Chas Freeman, designated head of the National Intelligence Council, has all the right enemies. And his enemies are going after him because they don’t like the fact that he’s criticized Israel in strong terms in the past. But that said, ...
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thecable.foreignpolicy.com 2/26/2009 — The Cable reported last week that former U.S. diplomat Chas Freeman was up for the chairmanship of the National Intelligence Council. Since confirmed, the story has set off something of a media firestorm. Reports from Politico and the Jewish ...
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