wiki page on NSA director is very critical

[grasswire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander

Appointed by Rumsfeld. Abu Ghraib was under his command although he was not directly responsible for interrogations. And the failure of U.S. intelligence on 9/11 happened on his watch. Also on this page, he is accused of lying more than once.

Very interesting stuff.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. His authoritarian irrationality seems to be a character flaw.

"In the words of James Bamford who wrote his biography for Wired, "Alexander and the rest of the American intelligence community suffered a devastating defeat when they were surprised by the attacks on 9/11." Alexander's reaction was to order his intercept operators to begin to illegally monitor the email and phone calls of American citizens who were unrelated to terrorist threats, including the personal calls of journalists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_B._Alexander

[grasswire]

4. it would be interesting to see who wrote that text.

Not a fan, obviously!

[avaistheone1]

2. He doesn't have a good track record.

[xchrom]

3. Emporer Alexander. Nt

[rusty fender]

5. Beat me to it!

I was chilled when I heard Bamford say that. Whatever he wants, he gets.