google.com - 11/25/2008
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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 that he did not want to be a distraction. ...
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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Behold The Power Of Glenn Greenwald
Eschaton —
Behold The Power Of Glenn Greenwald Brennan's out. 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.
Brennan out of running for top intel post
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... in the new administration. In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs who associate him with the Bush administration's interrogation, detention and rendition policies. "The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," he wrote, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdq4l...
Brennan withdraws his name from consideration for CIA.
Think Progress —
... and one of the most emphatic advocates of FISA expansions and telecom immunity.” In his letter Tuesday, Brennan informed Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. ...
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 appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs who associate him with the Bush administration's [lawless] interrogation [torture], detention and rendition policies.
Good. Read more…
Brennan withdrawal destroys "Wait 'til he does something" theory
Corrente —
So, be Shrill! It was the liberals wot done it:
The opposition to Mr. Brennan had been largely confined to liberal blogs, and there was not an expectation he would face a particularly difficult confirmation process.
That was the Times. AP:
His potential appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs...
And, Bless Their Hearts, MSNBC: Read more…
Brennan withdraws his name from consideration for CIA.
The Hollywood Liberal —
... and one of the most emphatic advocates of FISA expansions and telecom immunity.” In his letter Tuesday, Brennan informed Obama that he did not want to be a distraction . This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 5:33 am and is filed under ...
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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 ...
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Enemy combatant question to test Obama —
First Read 11/25/2008
From NBC’s Pete Williams We may know later today whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take up one of the biggest unanswered questions in the war on terror: Can the government pick up people in the United States and declare them enemy combatants?
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