Home pagePress CenterIn the Media David Heyman, director of the CSIS Homeland Security Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, “Bush Fills Key Posts In Homeland Security."
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David Heyman, director of the CSIS Homeland Security Program, was quoted by the Washington Post, “Bush Fills Key Posts In Homeland Security."
President Bush yesterday tapped veteran prosecutor Kenneth L. Wainstein to serve as his White House homeland security adviser as he moved to name another key counterterrorism official and defuse criticism that he has left important positions unfilled.
Bush also named Michael E. Leiter to be director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the principal intelligence organization for analyzing terrorist threats and conducting operational planning for counterterrorism efforts. Leiter, previously the center's deputy director, has been serving as the acting director since his predecessor, John Scott Redd, resigned last fall.
"It's about time," said David Heyman, director of the Homeland Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. While competent officials have been minding the store for the last several months, he said, "two things the president doesn't want are new threats or even a new attack at a time when he has two chairs empty next to him. . . . That doesn't look good."
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