Bush Intel Chief Mike McConnell Bids Adieu to His National Intelligence Team

By Paul Bedard

January 28, 2009 RSS Feed Print

After two years on the job, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is leaving, replaced by President Barack Obama's choice of Dennis Blair to be the director of national intelligence. In his goodbye note, he praised his staff and said that more needs to be done to protect the country from further attacks.

Read the letter here.

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