would be for admiral mike rogers, not just because it would be a big promotion but because top defense and intelligence officials that he had served under in the obama administration all apparently at the time wanted him to be fired, not promoted. it was one of the stranger things about the obama administration we learned about during the transition. this widely reported drama whether or not the head of the nsa was going to get fired during the transition, whether the head of the nsa was going to get canned after the election but before the new president was sworn in. that would be dramatic and strange enough even at the same time that nsa director was not apparently taking off his uniform or disregarding his uniform and taking a personal day to secretly meet with the incoming president at his penthouse apartment in new york to talk about maybe becoming the top intelligence oicial in the whole government. it w very stnge. that was this very strange story