The Obama administration has picked Charles “Chas” Freeman to head its National Intelligence Council, which analyzes intel data and issues the NIEs that have created controversy and impacted American policy. However, as Eli Lake reports, the administration apparently never noticed Freeman’s connections to foreign governments when it chose Chas. Freeman has longstanding financial ties to the Saudis, and once complained that the Chinese didn’t act quickly enough to oppress the Tiananmen Square protests:


Hot Air Blog Archive Obama national-security choice has foreign conflicts of interest

Honestly did Obama really vent these peope for honesty or just because they had unsavory characters?