firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/25/2008
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From NBC's Robert WindremIn a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration as CIA director.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 then-CIA Director George Tenet, former executive assistant to Tenet and former station chief in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Reporters and others were asking questions about what role Brennan played in the decision to "torture" high value targets. (Full letter...( ...
marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
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marcambinder.theatlantic.com —
Democratic and national security sources say that former
National Counterrorism Center head John Brennan remains the favorite
to be nominated director of the Central Intelligence Agency even as his pending appointment raises the hackles of some Obama ...
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Brennan, Harding Slated For Top Intelligence Jobs
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 11/21/2008
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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 ...
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No Way. No How. No Brennan.
harpers.org - 11/25/2008
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harpers.org —
Today at a press conference in Chicago Barack
Obama introduced his economic team. The market reacted by
giving the president-elect a big kiss, with the Dow closing up about 400 points. The team shaping up behind the new president will reassure many; ...
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SCOTT HORTON—John Brennan for CIA? Think Again
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Brennan withdraws his name from consideration for CIA.
Think Progress —
... In a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration as CIA director. A number of ...
Brennan Withdraws
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
His letter:
War and Piece —
| Main November 25, 2008 John Brennan withdraws himself from consideration for DCI/DNI. His letter here (. pdf ). Posted by Laura at November 25, 2008 03:13 PM
Brennan Withdraws Name for CIA Director
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... NBC News: The former Tenant chief of staff asks the president-elect in a letter to drop his name of consideration. ...
Brennan withdraws his name from consideration for CIA.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... In a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration as CIA director. A number of bloggers had raised concerns that Brennan, who has supported Bush’s interrogation and detention policies in the past, was being considered for the position. Glenn Greenwald wrote that Brennan “was an ardent supporter […] In a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration as CIA director. A number of ...
Here Comes The Argument
Firedoglake —
... point.) There were different periods on different issues where different people offered resistance for different reasons -- mostly unsuccessfully. If this seems like an uncompelling point, it should: we don't have sufficient evidence to color in the picture I'm sketching. This is why declassification and investigation is so key. There's so much we don't know, including who's responsible for what specific methods and practices and who resisted. Did you notice that Brennan said his career suffered for opposing waterboarding? Hmm, I've never heard that before; and would ...
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No Way. No How. No Brennan
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/25/2008 — Scott Horton :
The problem isn’t John Brennan’s lack of credentials. He was a career intelligence operative who gets consistently strong marks for his effectiveness and intelligence from people who have worked with him. But he has a critical ...
Report: Brennan Out of Consideration For Intelligence Post
talkleft.com 11/25/2008 — Score one for the "morons." Brennan out : 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 ...
John Brennan: Change We Cannot Believe In
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 11/25/2008 —
The good news from last night's 60 Minutes interview is that Obama has clearly committed himself to ending the torture policy of Bush and Cheney. But that clarity will sadly be in doubt if Marc is right and John Brennan becomes the next CIA ...
Brennan Out of Consideration for CIA, What Now? —
Daily Kos
As turneresq reports, John Brennan--a top CIA aide to George Tenet during most of the Bush administration--has withdrawn his name from consideration for CIA director. Which is good news all around. Though Brennan pettily and disingenuously writes in his letter to Obama that he wasn't part of ...
Brennan takes himself out of the running for spy posts —
Corrente
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 that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential ...
Brennan Out —
Weekly Standard Blog
The left gets its first scalp :
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 that he did not want to be a ...
Brennan and Gates: a Big Win, a Continued Loss —
Firedoglake
Sunday before last, Glenn Greenwald provided substantial pushback on the possibility of one-time George Tenet deputy John Brennan heading the CIA for the Obama Administration. Ten days later, Brennan withdrew his name from consideration, specifically citing a “firestorm” in the “liberal ...
Score One for Sullivan/Greenwald —
The Anonymous Liberal
John Brennan has withdrawn his name from consideration for a high-ranking intelligence job in the Obama administration, citing "strong criticism in some quarters" of his role in the Bush administration. Though I've written in quasi-defense of selecting someone like Brennan to be DNI, I am ...
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