This past week, a new official was sworn in in Washington. His name is Vice Admiral John Michael "Mike" McConnell, and he is replacing John Negroponte as the Director of National Intelligence. One of McConnell's first challenges will be the continuing integration of America's intelligence-gathering agencies. The aim of this integration is to increase the efficiency of intelligence-gathering and to increase inter-agency cooperation. McConnell is the second man to hold the post, which was created in 2004.
McConnell has a resume that spans many years in the service of his country. He retired from the Navy in 1996 after 29 years of service, 26 of those spent in intelligence-gathering. He also served as the Intelligence advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the end of the Cold War and Operation Desert Storm.
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