First woman to head major US intelligence agency

[babylonsister]

First woman to head major US intelligence agency

By KIMBERLY DOZIER
Associated Press Writer


FORT BELVOIR, Va. (AP) -- Letitia A. Long became the first woman director of a major U.S. intelligence agency Monday, taking her post as chief of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency at a ceremony at the agency's half-built, high-tech campus in Springfield, Va.

Long saluted what the relatively new agency has accomplished, from aiding troops on the battlefield, to helping draw together intelligence from across the national security spectrum.

"I have never seen an agency as young as the NGA do so much in so little time," she said of the organization, which was established in 1996.

She spoke before several hundred VIPs from the intelligence and special ops community on the roof of a parking garage next to her future offices. The "Jetsons"-style rounded wedge of buildings is rising from a vast construction site at Fort Belvoir. The NGA's staff, now spread among several sites across the Washington metropolitan area, is slated to relocate there by fall 2011.

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[jobycom]

1. Finally catching up with the Brits, are we?

[msanthrope]

2. She is just awesome in that role. n/t

[jobycom]

3. Yeah.

She defined Craig's Bond almost as much as Craig did. She fits the relationship between Bond and M more like the books than any of the previous film Ms, too. In the books, M wasn't just a boss, he was also a subtle father figure. Dench did that a little for Brosnan's Bond, but really helped define Craig's Bond.

[DailyGrind51]

4. Judi Densch makes a great "M"!