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Brennan at CIA
The Anonymous Liberal —
Various reports have indicated that John Brennan, a man who worked closely with George Tenet at the CIA during the early part of the Bush administration, is Obama's likely choice as Director of National Intelligence. For a number of reasons, those of us who are concerned with civil liberties, the rule of law, and putting an end to the abuses of the Bush years, are somewhat alarmed by this prospect. Glenn Greenwald writes: To appoint someone as CIA Director or Director of National Intelligence who was one of George Tenet's closest aides when The ...
John Brennan, Torture-Tainted CIA Prospect, Alarms Obama Supporters
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Glenn Greenwald writes, "I'm both entirely unsurprised and basically undisturbed by the fact that Obama's most significant appointments thus far are composed largely of standard Washington establishment figures and pro-Iraq-War hawks." But Brennan is "a different matter." ...
No Way. No How. No Brennan. II
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Greenwald, who raised the alarm in the first place, explains why it's a betrayal: To appoint someone as CIA Director or Director of National Intelligence who was one of George Tenet's closest aides when The Dark Side of the last eight years was conceived and implemented, and who, to this day, continues to defend and support policies such as "enhanced interrogation techniques" and rendition (to say nothing of telecom immunity and warrantless eavesdropping), is to cross multiple lines that no Obama supporter should sanction. Truly turning a ...
No ponies for Glenn
Corrente —
Glennzilla:
The notion that Obama is some sort of aggressive or radical Leftist challenger of establishment power is and always was the by-product of fear-mongering from the Right and, to a lesser extent, the projected desires of some progressives. As I've said many times, I intend to wait and judge Obama on the policies he pursues, not the administrators he appoints to carry out those policies.
But John Brennan is a different matter. To appoint someone as CIA Director or Director of National Intelligence who was one of George Tenet's closest aides ...
Obama and the Surveillance Society
Daily Kos —
... the Obama administration hopes bring this country back under the rule of law. 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 continues to defend the "enhanced interrogation" techniques and rendition that Obama himself has renounced. On this, I can only reiterate what Glenn says: To appoint someone as CIA Director or ...
Brennan withdraws from consideration
Political Animal —
BRENNAN WITHDRAWS FROM CONSIDERATION.... A number of bloggers -- most notably Glenn Greenwald , Digby , and Andrew Sullivan -- have raised serious concerns about intelligence official John Brennan, who's been rumored to be a possible candidate for either the CIA director or the Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration. Brennan's critics accused him of supporting some of the Bush administration's most offensive intelligence-gathering policies, including rendition and "enhanced interrogation techniques." Obama, they said, even if he intended ...
