Lehman for CIA Director? Just heard this on CNN..,

[Skidmore]

Quid pro quos are being honored early. This may translate into a short appointment term. Wonder if it was worth it, Lehman?

[Blue Wally]

1. Which Lehman?

If it was Reagan's SecNav, the guy is a loose cannon.

[jmowreader]

2. Then he'd fit right in

This is the Loose Cannon Administration.

[Skidmore]

3. The one from the 911 Commission... nt

[TexasProgresive]

4. The very one-

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x668987

[Redhead488]

5. How so? N/T

[Blue Wally]

8. I guess

If you want a guy to shake up the establishment, John Lehman is the man. He broke the admirals' power in the Navy Department when he was the secretary.

The Tailhook fiasco was his undoing.

On the downside, he knowingly began construction of more ships than the Navy could maintain or man on the basis that congress would just have to come up with the personnel and funding in the future or mothball the ships.

[Blue_Roses]

6. I don't know about this guy

he seems unstable

[nostamj]

7. Josh Marshall has it too

NBC is reporting that the former Navy Secretary John Lehmann is now the lead contender to replace George Tenet as DCI.

This is the central issue in the debate we're going to be hearing in the coming weeks about 'reform' of the CIA and its sister intelligence agencies. The folks in position to guide 'reform' are intent on accentuating the problems that led to the existing problems -- principally, further politicization and an elevation of ideologues over intelligence professionals. In short, a more thoroughgoing 'disciplining' of the Agency by the present administration, step one of Cheneyization.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/