Struggle over Intelligence Council pick intensifies

The controversy over Chas Freeman’s nomination to head the National Intelligenc e Council continues to escalate. Today, Gabriel Schoenfeldweighs in against Freeman in the Wall Street Journal, and Robert Dreyfuss makes the case for him in The Nation. Laura Rozen, a supporter of Freeman, summarizes the debate at the Foreign policy blog. Freeman has the support of his friend Dennis Blair, the Director of National intelligence, perhaps not for the views that have caused alarm here. Will the Obama White House allow an anti-Israel ideologue to control the National Intelligence Council? The JTA blog has lots more on Freeman

Steven J. Rosen
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