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Saturday, March 1, 2008

Mike McConnell’s Temporary Spokesman Has a Full-Time Job

Ross Feinstein ought to get a Purple Heart for all the hits he’s taken as press agent for Mike McConnell, the serial mis-stater who runs American intelligence. It’s all the more astounding that only a few years ago, the 25-year-old was vice president of the Union College student union.

CQ Homeland Security (02/29/2008)

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Past Could Haunt Old Faces in Latest Intelligence Shuffle

John D. Negroponte, eagerly packing for the State Department, must have rued more than once that he knew just how John Nance Garner felt.
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CQ Homeland Security (01/05/2007)

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Friday, March 3, 2006

Negroponte Makes the Most of His Post as Minister Without Portfolio

On many a workday lunchtime, the nominal boss of U.S. intelligence, John D. Negroponte, can be found at a private club in downtown Washington, getting a massage, taking a swim, and having lunch, followed by a good cigar and a perusal of the daily papers in the club’s library.
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CQ Homeland Security
(3/03/2006)

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