The bottom line is these techniques have hurt our image around the world, the damage they have done to our interests far outweighed whatever benefit they gave us and they are not essential to our national security.
Dennis C. Blair Quotes
I like to think I would not have approved those methods in the past, but I do not fault those who made the decisions at that time, and I will absolutely defend those who carried out the interrogations within the orders they were given.
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| Birth: | 4th February, 1947 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Administrator, Politician |
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Dennis Cutler Blair is the former United States Director of National Intelligence and is a retired United States Navy admiral. He was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve in the Obama administration as Director of National Intelligence on January 28, 2009 and took office the next day.
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