== National Intelligence Council kontroversen ==
[[Fil:Dennis Blair official Director of National Intelligence portrait.jpg|200px|right|thumb|''Dennis Blair foretrak Freeman som formand for ''National Intelligence Council'''']]
Den [[26. februar]] [[2009]] meddelte ''Director of National Intelligence'' [[Dennis C. Blair]] at han foretrak Freeman som formand for ''National Intelligence Council'',<ref name="Smith">Ben Smith, [http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0209/Freemans_in.html?showall Freeman's In], [[Politico.com]], February 26, 2009.</ref> som samler efterretninger fra 16 forskellige tjenester og kompilerer dem til ''National Intelligence Estimates''. Blair fremhævede hans "mangesidede baggrund indenfor forsvaret, diplomatiet og efterretningstjenesten."<ref>[http://www.politico.com/static/PPM104_090226_nic.html Memorandum from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence], February 26, 2009.</ref>
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