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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:00 AM

Exceptional news: John Brennan won't be CIA Director or DNI

Obama's top intelligence adviser removes himself from consideration for a top post, citing the "firestorm in liberal blogs" over his support for Bush's detention and interrogation policies.

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  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:42 PM

    controversial policies?

    "The fact that I was not involved in the decision-making process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," [John Brennan] wrote, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

    They ignored the fact that Saber Lahmar was not involved in controversial policies and actions or decision-making, too. But that was okay, he wasn't in line for DCI.

    Systematic torture isn't a controversial policy, it's a crime against humanity.

    OT-Hmmm.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/nyregion/26spitzer.html

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