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First sentence makes little sense[edit]

The first sentence of this article is perplexing. It indicates that Brant was Director of the NCIS in December 2002. That makes almost no sense. The first sentence should say that Brant was director from X date to Y date. Imagine the article for George W. Bush starting with "George W. Bush was President of the United States in July of 2006." For the purposes of the article, it would be an almost meaningless sentence -- as meaningless as the first sentence of this article is. Someone who knows about Brant and/or NCIS must revise the first sentence to be clearer and more informative. ask123 (talk) 01:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, thats what I say. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk) 01:33, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go, I found something that might be of some use. Check it out http://www.ncis.navy.mil/app/news/articles/236.pdf Im going to go ahead and change the article. Dont worry, I do it all the time they won't say anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk) 01:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now that is a much better article. I cleaned it up a bit. No need to thank me folks all in a days work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk) 01:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the link to the youtube video showing Brant's cameo appearance was taken down, the disclaimer stating that CBS invoked its copyrights and therefore the video was taken down. Too bad. It was a nice clip of him but alas the corporate powers that be have spoken. I have since taken it out of the references. It was the fourth footnote. I wonder if it was a coincidence that it was taken down after I posted it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.31.242.174 (talk) 23:58, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]