[pgkdan]

But DNI seems a risky slot for such ... though maybe imperative given the roles of Clapper + Brennan.

I agree but maybe some of that risk was mitigated because Patriots had control of NSA.

[Steven W.]

That has been my thinking regarding the whole set of questionables i.e. RR & the Mule - no such agency and IG are monitoring everything ... if Coats is DS and was interacting with others ... he’s going to be cooked!

NOW - thinking along those lines ... one thing I found interesting was Sara Carter once reporting that there were two sets of books and I always considered that you’d have to have parallel things going on. This is particularly the case with DNI - to run OPs without the DNI knowing would involve extensive coordination and compartmentalization.