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Rational Security

The “You Too Can Be the DNI!” Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

President Trump said he will nominate a junior congressman and prominent Mueller critic as the next director of national intelligence. CIA Director Gina Haspel has become a bulwark between the White House and the intelligence community. And investigators probe connections between Middle East money and the White House.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

So you guys I think I'm going to apply for a new job.

0:25.0

Oh, that's exciting.

0:27.0

Yeah, I'm going to apply for Director of National Intelligence.

0:29.0

I heard the positions open.

0:30.0

I think I'm qualified.

0:31.0

Anyone can apply apparently.

0:32.0

So I've read a Anyone can apply apparently.

0:32.8

So I've read a lot about the intelligence agencies.

0:36.4

I can count and name them.

0:39.7

But have you worked on intelligence for more than six and a half months.

0:43.0

A little longer than that.

0:45.0

Now I don't have a clearance, but I don't think that's a problem anymore.

0:49.0

No, apparently the president just hands them out to anybody.

0:52.0

So what do you say? So there we go.

0:53.7

We'd miss you. But there's nothing to say that in this administration you couldn't do both jobs.

0:58.4

That's, you know, that's also another thing too. We're all about multitasking. Everyone's got a side

1:02.4

gig.

1:02.8

Mine will be running the intelligence community and having a podcast.

1:05.6

I mean, look, I think you would be a spectacular DNI in terms of doing the job, but I think

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