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First woman to head major US intelligence agency
ap ^ | Aug 9 | KIMBERLY DOZIER

Posted on 08/09/2010 11:57:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) -- Letitia A. Long became the first woman director of a major U.S. intelligence agency Monday, taking her post as chief of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at a ceremony at the agency's half-built, high-tech campus in Springfield, Va....

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KEYWORDS: agency; geospatial; intelligence; letitialong; national; ngia
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Director of the National Geospatial-Inteligence Agency Letitia Long speaks during a change of director ceremony at the agency in Springfield, Va., Monday, Aug. 9, 2010


1 posted on 08/09/2010 11:58:00 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

As long as we continue to view everyone through the prism of identity groups, and hire accordingly, we are doomed to third rate production and status.

I’m not saying this woman isn’t qualified, or isn’t a good hire, I have no clue. But if the most notable thing on her cv is her gender, that’s not a good sign.


2 posted on 08/09/2010 12:00:52 PM PDT by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: brownsfan
But if the most notable thing on her cv is her gender, that’s not a good sign.

Agreed & well said. Hire the BEST candidate.

3 posted on 08/09/2010 12:03:15 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: JoeProBono

Wasn’t the first woman Eve?


4 posted on 08/09/2010 12:03:56 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: LeonardFMason

What branch of Al-Qaida is she from?


5 posted on 08/09/2010 12:04:41 PM PDT by Patrick1
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To: JoeProBono

That’s a woman?


6 posted on 08/09/2010 12:04:56 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: WashingtonSource

Only to “The Little Dutch Boy”..


7 posted on 08/09/2010 12:08:15 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: WashingtonSource

This is a prime example of why some of us feel we must tout the accomplishments of a gender.

“That’s a woman?”


8 posted on 08/09/2010 12:08:28 PM PDT by MissTickly
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To: JoeProBono

What is this...”National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency”?


9 posted on 08/09/2010 12:08:39 PM PDT by ColdOne
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To: JoeProBono

The best candidate for the job, or just another one of 0bamao’s growing list of lesbo hires?


10 posted on 08/09/2010 12:10:05 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (REAL Americans Bow to No One But The Almighty! - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: WashingtonSource
"Intelligence Community Affairs"

Go to wiki....I think her job description is much different than we think.

11 posted on 08/09/2010 12:11:08 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: JoeProBono

Weren’t Albright, Rice, and Clinton technically head of INR?


12 posted on 08/09/2010 12:11:29 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: LeonardFMason

For a second there, I thought it was going to be Michelle!


13 posted on 08/09/2010 12:12:48 PM PDT by 21twelve ( UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES MY ARSE: "..now begin the work of remaking America."-Obama, 1/20/09)
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To: JoeProBono

Real impressive:
BS , Electrical Engineering
Virginia Tech
MS , Mechanical Engineering
Catholic University of America

Can’t find anything about intelligence experience prior to being appointed in 2006 as deputy director. This means Bush Administration made the first appointment.


14 posted on 08/09/2010 12:13:52 PM PDT by J Edgar
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“The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is an agency of the United States Government with the primary mission of collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) and is part of the Department of Defense (DoD). In addition, NGA is a key component of the United States Intelligence Community.

NGA’s headquarters are located in Bethesda, Maryland and operates major facilities in the Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, Missouri areas as well as support and liaison offices worldwide. In 2011 NGA expects to consolidate many of its regional activities as part of the BRAC in a new campus near Ft. Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, which will become the third-largest government building in the Washington Metropolitan Area.[2] Its budget and number of employees are classified

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency


15 posted on 08/09/2010 12:15:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono
Wonder if this change has anything to do with the Afghan war leak stuff. I got an inkling from a site I found.

Don't see who she replaced but Gates shook her hand at the swearing in.

16 posted on 08/09/2010 12:16:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: J Edgar

Goes back to 2000. Worked for CIA...intelligence gathering. Sounds like a Valerie Plame.


17 posted on 08/09/2010 12:18:43 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: ColdOne
What is this...”National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency”?

The Federal arm of Google.

18 posted on 08/09/2010 12:19:07 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: ColdOne
They're watching.


19 posted on 08/09/2010 12:19:48 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: JoeProBono

she looks tough enough. bet she could take BO three out of four...


20 posted on 08/09/2010 12:21:22 PM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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