Worse yet, he put a coterie of fellow foreign-service officers, like Tom Fingar, in key leadership positions.

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Tom Fingar, the council chairman, said it was an unusual assignment for agencies more accustomed to tracking the activities of other governments.

NPR: U.S. Report Links Climate Change to Security

Mr. TOM FINGAR (Director, National Intelligence Council): Climate change is an issue on which intelligence - covertly, clandestinely acquired information - is not very helpful.

NPR: U.S. Report Links Climate Change to Security