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February 27, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/26/intel-chief-appoints-controversial-freeman-nic-chairman/

Controversial Figure Appointed as U.S. National Intelligence Council Chairman

[FOX News] National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair announced Thursday he had selected Chas Freeman to head his council of advisers, deflecting the concerns of Israel supporters who question whether Freeman will undermine U.S. policy in the Mideast. Statements that Freeman made over the last three decades on U.S. peace efforts in the Middle East and Iran's threat to the international community have prompted some to question his objectivity in a role that requires it. For example, in October 2007, Freeman said the U.S. has "abandoned the role of Middle East peacemaker to back Israel's efforts to pacify its captive and increasingly ghettoized Arab populations."

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