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washingtonpost.com - 11/26/2008
Brennan Withdraws From Consideration for Administration Post
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No Way. No How. No Brennan.
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
No Way. No How. No Brennan.
— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — 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 ... (more) No Way. No How. No Brennan.

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/25/2008
Brennan withdraws name for top spy
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Robert WindremIn a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be... withdrawn from consideration as CIA director. Brennan was thought to be the leading candidate for the job. He was the former chief of staff to ... (more) Brennan withdraws name for top spy

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google.com - 11/25/2008
The Associated Press: Brennan out of running for top intel post
— google.com — 28 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, has taken his... name out of the running for any intelligence position in the new administration. In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama ... (more) The Associated Press: Brennan out of running for top ...

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Brennan loses CIA job after ties to torture
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... , and the guy didn't get the job. This is change we can believe in. And someone (well, someone else) is finally paying a price for the sins of the past eight years. ...

Brennan Withdraws From Consideration for Administration Post-Former CIA Official Had Come Under Fire
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... critical, for there to be any distraction from the vital work that lies ahead," Brennan wrote. Brennan's withdrawal came three days after a group of about 200 psychiatrists and academics wrote to Obama opposing his appointment, saying Brennan was tainted by his association with some of the CIA's most controversial policies of the Bush era. They include the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against captured al-Qaeda leaders in secret CIA prisons. Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

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