NYT: Trump Considering Carly Fiorina To Be Director Of National Intelligence

Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C... Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) MORE LESS
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Donald Trump is considering former Hewlett-Packard CEO and Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina to be the director of national intelligence, the New York Times reported, citing an unnamed transition official.

The President-elect will meet with Fiorina on Monday at Trump Tower.

After serving as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina sat on an advisory board to the CIA through which she gave advice on how the intelligence community could continue to carry out spying activities as demand for transparency increased. Beyond that, Fiorina has little background on intelligence matters.

The director of national intelligence is the top intelligence adviser to the president who oversees the U.S. Intelligence Community and National Intelligence Program.

Trump and Fiorina did not get along during the Republican primary. Trump once mocked Fiorina’s appearance, and Fiorina called Trump the “Kim Kardashian of politics.”

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  1. April 1 already?

  2. More ritual humiliation. As unserious as this administration is, this is unserious on top of that.

  3. Continuing the trend to have the least competent administration ever…

  4. Michael Brown just called…he said Trump was interested in giving him another crack at FEMA, and that the press had been very unfair to him.

  5. The obvious position for Carly Fiorina would be to head Planned Parenthood. Unfortunately, that’s not a government agency, so Trump can’t put her there.

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