Blocker's three-decade career at the intelligence agency could make him a strong candidate for the top job. He started out as an analyst with the Air Force for four years before he joined the CIA where he took up various undercover roles over a three-decade career
* A source told Fox News discussions between the President-elect's team and Blocker began just days after the presidential election
* Blocker's three-decade career at the intelligence agency could make him a strong candidate for the top job
* He started out as an analyst with the Air Force for four years before he joined the CIA where he took up various undercover roles over a three-decade career
* He served multiple times as a Chief of Station with his roles sending him all across Europe, Asia and Africa
* He retired in 2018 as the most senior black officer in the CIA's Directorate of Operations and was awarded the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal
* Aside from national intelligence, Blocker's other main passion is music - something he said helped him hide in plain sight as a spy
* Ex-National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and ex-Acting CIA Director Michael Morell are also rumored to be contenders for the CIA Director role
* Biden unveiled several of his Cabinet and national security picks this week
Joe Biden is said to be considering Darrell Blocker for the role of CIA director, which would make the former station chief and 32-year intelligence veteran the first black person to take on the top job.
A source told Fox News discussions between the President-elect's team and Blocker began just days after the presidential election.
Biden unveiled several of his Cabinet and national security picks this week including Barack Obama's former deputy secretary of state Antony Blinken as his Secretary of State, Obama's second-term Secretary of State John Kerry as his US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and Obama's deputy national security adviser Avril Haines as his Director of National Intelligence.
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Update: Exclusive: Former CIA station chief Darrell Blocker floated to lead agency under Biden, source says (FOX News)
WNU Editor: Another former top Obama official being considered for a job in the Biden administration.