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John Lehman

John Lehman was Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan Administration and a member of the 9/11 Commission.

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Obama's Dangerous Spy Game

Former Navy Secretary John Lehman says the President is to blame for Dennis Blair's rocky tenure as national intelligence director—and the intel community is just as dysfunctional as it was before 9/11.

John Lehman

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How Obama Is Blowing the Terror War

America needs a streamlined intelligence bureaucracy. What we’re getting from the president, argues 9/11 Commission member John Lehman, is a lot of legalisms and political correctness.

John Lehman

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