From SourceWatch
Retired Vice Adm. John Scott Redd was named June 10, 2005, by President George W. Bush to lead the National Counterterrorism Center and was confirmed (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/nominations/1166.html) by the Senate July 28, 2005. Redd replaced John O. Brennan, the center's interim chief.

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"Redd formerly was executive director of the Silberman-Robb presidential commission on intelligence."
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/06/10/national/w070403D17.DTL)

"Redd served 36 years in the U.S. Navy, commanding eight organizations at sea from a destroyer to a fleet. He founded and commanded the Navy's Fifth Fleet in the Middle East in 1995 and has held top policy posts at the Pentagon. Since retiring in 1998, he has served as chief executive officer of a high-tech education company and deputy administrator and chief operating officer of the now-defunct Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq." (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/06/10/national/w070403D17.DTL)

External Links
Deb Reichmann, "Bush Names Counterterrorism Center Head,"
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/06/10/national/w070403D17.DTL) AP, June 10, 2005.
Mary Louise Kelly, "New Counterterrorism Center Slowly Finds its Way," (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4698387&sourceCode=RSS) NPR, June 10, 2005: "The creation of the National Counterterrorism Center was a centerpiece of last year's sweeping intelligence reform. But it has taken six months since its creation to have a director appointed. Now the president has named Vice Admiral John "Scott" Redd to run the group."