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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.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, November 25, 2008 01:23 PM

    My worst nightmare

    We take a sigh of relief that Brennan is not considered for position of CIA Director or DNI.

    Now that that boogeyman is vanquished, we get some unknown, lesser career NSA officer who loves America's new patriotic, surveillance and torture manifestations in all their glory.

    In comparison (without much notoriety or track record) he/she sits before senate confirmation as an innocuous innovator of a new intelligence community (same as the old-but sexed up a bit).

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