Somehow we haven’t quite come up with the perfect literary device to meld James Clapper into the Boot Camp Clik, but by the time he becomes the next Director of National Intelligence, we’ll have figured it out. Get used to this video. I’ll be posting it a lot.

The big Danger Room post today? James Clapper’s confirmation hearings to become the next director of national intelligence. Owing to the Post series and all the focus around it, I opted to focus on contractors. Clapper drew some distinctions between the different sorts of intel functions contracted out and pledged to work with the Senate [...]

Marc Ambinder writes that James Clapper has an iconoclastic preference for his deputy should he become the next director of national intelligence: Nominee James Clapper really wants Maj. Gen. Michael Flynn, currently Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s chief intelligence officer. Flynn is the guy who devised the type of kinetic, tactical-intelligence based warfare that McChrystal became known for at [...]

Back from vacation. Enjoyed a friend’s birthday party in DC last night to get back into the swing of things. Thanks to Shani, Erin, Scott and Megan for guestblogging. I think you’ll agree they really put their backs into it. I’ve got an overstuffed RSS and a million emails to read and reply to, so [...]