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More Of The Same At CIA?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — by Chris Bodenner Paul Bedard reports: [Obama] might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while, intelligence sources say. Much of the speculation about the CIA job has been that Obama wants a change, in part because he disagreed with the CIA's detention policies. But officials are pushing back a little on that issue, suggesting that Hayden has been carrying out the policies backed by Congress and the president before he arrived at Langley, not freelancing on his own. "It's unfair to ...

The Hayden Record: Condoning Torture, Destroying Evidence, Misleading Congress
Think Progress — ... U.S. News is speculating that President-elect Barack Obama “might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while.” CIA officials are ...

Report: Obama May Keep Hayden as CIA Chief
TalkLeft — ... U.S. News and World Reports writes that President-Elect Barack Obama may keep Michael Hayden as head of the CIA. ...

Intelligence Sources Float that Obama Should Keep Hayden
Open Left - Front Page — Not a surprise. As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build his national security staff, now focused on intelligence, it is possible that he might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while, intelligence sources say. CIA operatives want Hayden for a variety of reasons.  Should Obama pick him, it would be an interesting capstone to the FISA saga.

Who's Going to Run C.I.A.?
Taylor Marsh — ... The Bush administration’s nod to torture, while denying reality, certainly has set the C.I.A. in for a rough transition period under Obama. It’s not going to make the president-elect’s job any easier either. For C.I.A., it just might mean Mike Hayden. No, I’m not kidding. One word: FISA. Make that three words, adding Thin Thread ...and "the left" thought Brennan was bad? Since John Brennan removed his named from consideration there has been a noticeable and pronounced silence on ...

Hullabaloo — Innoculation by digby Washington Whispers: As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build his national security staff, now focused on intelligence, it is possible that he might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while, intelligence sources say. Much of the speculation about the CIA job has been that Obama wants a change, in part because he disagreed with the CIA's detention policies. But officials are pushing back a little on that issue, suggesting that Hayden has been carrying out the policies backed by Congress and ...

My Likes and Dislikes On Obama's Personnel Moves
Open Left - Front Page — ... Mike Hayden, CIA Director: Speaking of FISA, keeping Mike Hayden on as Director of the CIA would signal Obama has no intention of revisiting the issue, and really has gone right-wing on this one. It is still just speculation, and not confirmed, but if it happens, this one would really suck. Keeping Bush's CIA and Defense heads on is awful for a candidate who, in the primaries, I backed significantly because of foreign policy. ...

Hayden CIA Chief Rumors Cause More Concern
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — with John Brennan out of the picture, a more controversial contender for CIA chief has emerged: As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build his national security staff, now focused on intelligence, it is possible that he might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while, intelligence sources say. Much of the speculation about the CIA job has been that Obama wants a change, in part because he disagreed with the CIA's detention policies. But officials are pushing back a little on that issue, suggesting that Hayden has been carrying out the ...

Hayden CIA Chief Rumors Cause More Concern
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — with John Brennan out of the picture, a more controversial contender for CIA chief has emerged: As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build his national security staff, now focused on intelligence, it is possible that he might ask CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while, intelligence sources say. Much of the speculation about the CIA job has been that Obama wants a change, in part because he disagreed with the CIA's detention policies. But officials are pushing back a little on that issue, suggesting that Hayden has been carrying out the ...

Obama needs to drop Hayden like a hot rock
Newshoggers.com — ... Oh jeez, please let this be wrong:  US News reported yesterday President-elect Barack Obama is considering asking CIA Director Mike Hayden to stay on for a while.  Hayden's fans argue there should be continuity in the critical intelligence function, Hayden was just following orders, and the reported detainee abuse occurred prior to Hayden's tenure.  Those arguments, however, only paint half the picture.   ...

12/9: Scandalous!
Blogometer — ... both matter, and that they both matter independently of each other. The people hired to run the federal government will have to follow Obama's policies. At the same time, the people hired to run the federal government will have a lot of say over exactly how Obama's policies are followed, and also over the formulation of new policies." HAYDEN: Please Let This Just Be A Rumor... Liberal bloggers were disturbed by an item in the U.S. News & World Report which suggested that Obama "might ask CIA Director ...

ThinkFast: December 11, 2008
Think Progress — ... went before Congress “to answer questions about his agency’s destruction of videotaped interrogations of terrorist suspects” being subjected to the “enhanced techniques” authorized by the Bush administration. Hayden may be asked to stay on as CIA director. ...

Panetta to head CIA
Political Animal — PANETTA TO HEAD CIA.... Outside of Bill Richardson's difficulties, the only cabinet-level position in the Obama administration unfilled by Christmas was the head of the CIA. Rumor has it that 25-year CIA veteran John Brennan was the leading candidate to run the agency, and when he withdrew from consideration after questions over his Bush-era tenure, it delayed the process. There was even a rumor about a month ago that Obama might keep Michael Hayden on at the CIA, but like most rumors floated by Paul Bedard, this was both hard to believe and wrong. In a surprising move, ...