Dennis Blair - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Dennis Blair Index / People Transcripts James Clapper ...with the DNI position with Denny [Dennis C.] Blair . So I guess he had some appreciatio... ...on his plate. Yes. You brought up Denny Blair and I want you to just reflect for ... ...predecessor, during that first year, Denny Blair and Attorney General [Eric H.] Holde... ...the troubled waters there. Then when Denny Blair became DNI—and then Mike and I, Mik... Michael Leiter ...was, I was extremely explicit with both Denny Blair , the DNI, and John Brennan at th... ...to roll out this report, it is sent to Denny Blair , the DNI, and me. It's, like, a... ...John that. Before I told John that, Denny Blair came to me, and I went over to hi... Michael Mullen ...as the national security advisor; and Denny Blair , who's a classmate of mine and was th... Michael Morell ...President Obama's choice to be DNI, Denny Blair , was trying to micromanage CIA. So... ...really has room to play with is CIA. So Denny Blair was getting in our knickers. Denn... ...Blair was getting in our knickers. Denny Blair sent out a cable to all chiefs o... ...decides in Leon's favor, not in Denny Blair 's favor. So now, this idea that thi... Jeremy Bash ...national intelligence] nominee, Admiral Dennis [C.] Blair , and I have a draft of some remarks... ...bit of a spat with the DNI, Denny [Dennis C.] Blair , and they had to take it to the Whit... Tom Donilon ...of these didn't work out. Denny—General Dennis Blair at DNI [Office of the Director o... Leon Panetta ...advisor was somewhat unexpected, Dennis Blair as DNI [director of nationa... ...I did not have much experience with Dennis Blair , but I knew some of the other peopl... John Podesta ...Jones as national security advisor, and Denny Blair as the DNI [director of nationa... Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Russia Russia go to the Education Education