Trump: Four candidates for National Intelligence Director's position

United States President Donald Trump said four candidates are considering the position of Director of National Intelligence. The decision will be made within weeks” President Trump wrote on Twitter.

On September 20th, the US president appointed the US ambassador to Germany and the special envoy for dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, Richard Green, in the position of acting director of National Intelligence. Meanwhile, President Trump had refocused his great confidence in Ambassador Green.

“I am pleased to announce that our highly respected ambassador to Germany, Richard Green, will become the task of director of National Intelligence. Rick (Richard Grenelli) has represented our country extremely well and I look forward to working with it”, the President Trump wrote on Twitter. But Ambassador Green himself through a Twitter post has said he won't be in that post for a long time.

The president will announce the name (not me) soon”, Grenelli wrote. His appointment prompted reactions among the Democrats. Senator Democrat Mark Warner, from the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the appointment was apparently “an attempt to bypass the Senate's constitutional authority to consult and adopt such critical national security positions. ”

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence serves as overseer of the Intelligence Services Community, consisting of 16 different intelligence agencies, the most ancient of which is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This office was created after the September 11th 2001 attacks to co-ordinate the work of intelligence agencies. The National Intelligence Director's post must be confirmed by the US Senate.

Under federal law, the mandate of a task leader in executive agencies appointed by the president of the United States is 210 days. Then it requires approval of the Senate. / RE