You are U.S. President and must nominate a new CIA Director..........

[Lincoln Republican]

Do you pick a military officer like an Admiral or General?

Or

Do you pick one of the Deputy Directors?

Or

Someone else?

Please discuss. 

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Edward Snowden.

I jest, but actually the CIA is ed up and I'm not even sure they deserve to exist - the only good thing I can think of them doing off the top of my head is finding bin Laden.

[NewYorkExpress]

I refuse to nominate anyone and bravely face impeachment.

[Mordecai]

I like John Brennan but if it had to be someone new I'd go with R. James Woolsey or Joe Lieberman.

Edit: Or I might go with someone that the Bush administration purged like Richard Clarke or Valerie Plame.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Rudy Giuliani. A bit old, but no one I'd rather trust.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Noam Chomsky

[Donerail]

Joseph Darby.

[TNF]

I refuse to nominate anyone, direct the Justice Department to prosecute all criminal activities undertaken and executed by the CIA, and request that Congress zero out all funding for the CIA at the time of the next federal budget negotiations.

I think I likely get assassinated.

[Lincoln Republican]

Thank you all for your answers.  Very interesting.

However, I must have worded this poorly.

My intent is not to ascertain the name of someone you would pick for CIA Director, but rather from what background you would nominate someone, say someone from the military, such as an Admiral of a General, or say one of the Deputy Directors, or someone with a political background, such as a Senator, or someone with a diplomatic background, or someone with some different qualifications and background, and your reasons, if you wish to explain, for choosing them.   

E.G., one answer might be.....I would pick an Admiral because of their military knowledge and leadership qualifications.....etc., etc.

Sorry for the confusion.

[TNF]

If I had to nominate *someone* I would nominate someone totally opposed to the entire mission of the CIA.

[Lincoln Republican]

If I had to nominate *someone* I would nominate someone totally opposed to the entire mission of the CIA.

Do you not believe, however, that the CIA does serve some useful purposes?

[Dr. Cynic]

Someone who would be entirely dependent on me to sustain their career and thus, someone entirely loyal to me.

[Lincoln Republican]

Well, I can see no one is taking my question seriously.

[Miles]

Mike Rogers.

[fartboy]

John Ashcroft or Darrell Issa

[Del Tachi]

I'd strongly consider someone from an academic background, such as a university president or provost.  Chiefly, university administrators tend to have keen bureaucratic minds and expertise in managing competing interests - which would be especially fitting in a CIA-type post.  I'd probably look at tapping someone who's academic background is in international relations.  Under these criteria Condoleeza Rice would be a good pick.

[Zioneer]

I would honestly nominate a whistleblower, possibly with ethics reformers to back him/her up. That would be the best way to reform the CIA into something to be proud of.

Or an academic type.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Former DCI George H.W. Bush (R-TX). The only man with the proper qualifications.

[Randy Bobandy]

I refuse to nominate anyone, direct the Justice Department to prosecute all criminal activities undertaken and executed by the CIA, and request that Congress zero out all funding for the CIA at the time of the next federal budget negotiations.

I think I likely get assassinated.

This is about what I would do.

[Potatoe]

Ron Wyden or Chelsea Manning probably, most likely the former.

[Oakvale]

I would nominate forum member Cathcon.

[nolesfan2011]

I would nominate John Kiriakou

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I would nominate forum member Cathcon.

Thank you!

[Mordecai]

Well, I can see no one is taking my question seriously.

I look for someone in the Defense or Intelligence communities who has a long career in Defense or Intelligence, who is familiar with Capitol Hill and has good relations with Congress, and also whose personality and political affiliations I find agreeable or at least not too partisan.

Probably not an Admiral or General or any other career military officer, but instead someone who has held a civilian position with significant authority in the Department of Defense. Based on that I go with R. James Woolsey or Joe Lieberman.

[Indy Texas]

Former DCI George H.W. Bush (R-TX). The only man with the proper qualifications.

Isn't Poppy a little old to be up for the job?

Anyway, they might not let him wear socks with his picture on them to the office.