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Published 11/25/2008 by Joby Warrick at Wash Post Obama Administration
A former CIA official who was in the running for a top intelligence post in the Obama administration withdrew his candidacy today after coming under criticism from several groups who accused him of being closely tied to the agency's interrogation policies.
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