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John Brennan, Torture-Tainted CIA Prospect, Alarms Obama Supporters
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Marc Ambinder reported Thursday evening that former National Counterrorism Center head John Brennan is Barack Obama's "favorite to be nominated director of the Central Intelligence Agency." According to Ambinder's sources, Brennan has been vetted and even begun recruiting his team. ...
No Way. No How. No Brennan.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Marc reports the Republican, former chief-of-staff for George Tenet (who authorized war crimes as CIA head), admirer of Dick Cheney, CEO of the company one of whose contract employees improperly accessed Obama's and McCain's passports, and defender of renditions and "enhanced interrogations" is still Obama's front-runner pick to head the CIA. No, I'm not making this up. Brennan was high up in the agency during the run-up to the Iraq war and has since conceded this about the intelligence he was in part responsible for: ...
War and Piece — | Main November 21, 2008 Marc Ambinder : Brennan, Harding Slated For Top Intelligence Jobs. Posted by Laura at November 21, 2008 01:25 PM
True or False
N/A —
... : “Marc reports the Republican, former chief-of-staff for George Tenet (who authorized war crimes as CIA head), admirer of Dick Cheney, ...
Offered. Accepted.
Balloon Juice —
... the Secretary of State position. Gut feeling? That doesn’t seem like the best place for her to me. But I will trust Obama on the nomination. One place I don’t quite trust him is on the rumored appointment of John Brennan, torture enabler, to head the CIA. Big mistake, in my opinion. ...
More Obama Appointment News
Open Left - Front Page —
... Even more disturbingly, the leading candidate for CIA director, John Brennan, is a Gitmo apologist and actually executed the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping campaign. Far-leftie Andrew Sullivan ...
Obama and the Surveillance Society
Daily Kos —
... Whether this will happen is now seriously in question, with reports that former National Counterrorism Center head John Brennan is the favorite for the CIA director nomination. This pick could create real conflict within the new administration: Brennan ...
Is Progressive Foreign Policy Dead on Arrival?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... on domestic policy, but progressives are sure to feature prominently in any debate over health care, energy, banking, etc. In the realm of foreign policy, however, progressives seem already to have been marginalized, or dismissed entirely.
Barack Obama's national security team is beginning to take shape and there is not a progressive in sight. Assuming the leaks and rumors are true, Hillary will be at State, Jones will serve as national security adviser, Brennan will head the CIA, Gates will stay on at Defense, and Obama will be ...
Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Who Rules the Pentagon?
TomDispatch —
... yet more spending for the Pentagon. The reputed leading candidate for Director of the CIA, John Brennan, now head of the National Counterterrorism Center, was George Tenet's chief of staff and deputy executive director during the worst years of the CIA's intelligence, imprisonment, and torturing excesses. ...
Who Rules the Pentagon?
Antiwar.com Original —
... yet more spending for the Pentagon. The reputed leading candidate for director of the CIA, John Brennan, now head of the National Counterterrorism Center, was George Tenet's chief of staff and deputy executive director during the worst years of the CIA's intelligence, imprisonment, and torturing excesses. The new secretary of defense is odds on ...
Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif: Top Intelligence Picks a No-Win for Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... last Tuesday, citing mounting criticism over his role in Bush-era intelligence abuses. Various reports had earlier pegged Brennan as a shoe-in for either Director of National Intelligence or CIA Director. ...
1/6: Leon At Langley?
Blogometer —
... . After it was reported in November that ex-National Counterrorism Center head John Brennan was the leading candidate to become CIA Director, the netroots complained vociferously, as they didn't want anyone associated with the Bush admin.'s controversial interrogation programs to lead the CIA. Now lefty bloggers are relieved that Panetta is the choice. While the netroots may not love everything about Panetta's record, they believe that his appointment signifies a much-needed departure from George W. Bush 's policies. As ...
