The Black Bridge

Ironic that a party claiming to be the promoter of smaller government seems to be hell bent on creating redundant bureaucracies hand over fist. Negroponte's appointment as Director of National Intelligence is an interesting exercise in futility. This guy seems to get all the positions no one else wants. Ambassador to Iraq? That must have been a bundle of fun.

The 9/11 commission had good intentions when making the recommendation to create this post. Unfortunately Congress made a mistake by not clearly defining the relationship between the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA and Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Basically the DNI's main interaction will be with the CIA. The CIA under Goss has been severely diluted and now many functions of the CIA have fallen under Rumsfeld's Department of Defense.