Dennis C. Blair

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Dennis Cutler Blair (born February 4, 1947 in Kittery , York County , Maine ) is Admiral I. R. of the United States Navy . After his service, he took on teaching positions and became a member of think tanks . On January 29, 2009, he took over the post of Director of National Intelligence under US President Obama , which he held until his resignation on May 28, 2010.

Life

Blair graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1968 . Blair's first sea mission was on the USS Tattnall (DDG-19) . He then accepted a Rhodes Scholarship and studied Russian at the University of Oxford and was later a White House Fellow .

In 1984 he took over command of the USS Cochrane (DDG-21) for two years , and in 1989 he became the commandant of Naval Station Pearl Harbor . In 1993 he was given command of the combat group for the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) , which he held until 1995. In 1999 he took over as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command . It was around this time that the East Timor riots fell in 1999, during which Blair was accused of collaborating too closely with Indonesia . In 2002 he left the Navy.

He then became chairman of the Think Tanks Institute for Defense Analyzes and sat on the board of the supplier EDO Corporation . In 2006, he resigned from both offices after the IDA published a report recommending the United States Air Force to sign a long-term purchase agreement for the Lockheed F-22 Raptor , from which EDO would also benefit. Blair later taught at The National Bureau of Asian Research, Dickinson College, and the United States Army War College .

Director of the National Intelligence Services

Dennis C. Blair awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun . (2005)

On April 16, 2009, Blair wrote in an internal statement that the interrogation methods prohibited by Obama had provided important information in the fight against terrorism; however, the price was too high.

Mark Mazzetti reports in Killing Business of Blair's unsuccessful efforts to exercise control over the CIA as a DNI.

Blair came under fire after the failed attempt to assassinate Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009; the Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted an attack with explosives while approaching Detroit airport. President Obama admitted "catastrophic" breakdowns of his security agencies and spoke of "flaws in the system".

On May 20, 2010, Blair announced his resignation, which took effect on May 28. President Obama nominated former Air Force General James R. Clapper to succeed Blair .

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of the Military Awards:

Web links

Commons : Dennis C. Blair  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ EDO Corporation press release of October 1, 2002, contains Blair's résumé ( memento of July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Peter Baker: " Banned Techniques Yielded 'High Value Information,' Memo Says " NYT April 22, 2009
  3. ^ "Blair saw another opportunity to reassert the prerogative of his office"
  4. ↑ AFP: "Supreme US intelligence officer Blair announces resignation" Article of May 21, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Blair, Dennis C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blair, Dennis Cutler (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American admiral, director of US National Intelligence
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Kittery , Maine