Thread: agh! Obama names Bush-person to key CIA post

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26437.html



President Barack Obama has tried to distance himself in every way from Bush-era interrogation policies, stripping the lead role in questioning detainees from the CIA and banning the harshest tactics critics have decried as torture.





But now, Obama has chosen a man who was at the heart of Bush’s intelligence effort to play a key role in overseeing the new administration’s own interrogation policies: John Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran who was privy to the extreme tactics Obama has declared off limits.





The White House on Tuesday refused to discuss Brennan’s exact role in the new interrogation policy. But a former CIA official familiar with the situation said Brennan — Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser — will head up a National Security Council team overseeing a new Justice Department interrogation corps, specifically chosen to interrogate the most important terror detainees.

[quote name='nonsqtr' date='26 August 2009 - 12:31 AM' timestamp='1251261097' post='11305']

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26437.html



President Barack Obama has tried to distance himself in every way from Bush-era interrogation policies, stripping the lead role in questioning detainees from the CIA and banning the harshest tactics critics have decried as torture.





But now, Obama has chosen a man who was at the heart of Bush’s intelligence effort to play a key role in overseeing the new administration’s own interrogation policies: John Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran who was privy to the extreme tactics Obama has declared off limits.





The White House on Tuesday refused to discuss Brennan’s exact role in the new interrogation policy. But a former CIA official familiar with the situation said Brennan — Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser — will head up a National Security Council team overseeing a new Justice Department interrogation corps, specifically chosen to interrogate the most important terror detainees.

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I don't have much of a comment, maybe they are just trying to keep him close so he don't flee while they investigate the interrogation techniques used. Anyways, the comment I wanted to make was I relly got a kick out of Bush-person. That made me laugh.....thank you.

[quote name='metheron' date='26 August 2009 - 10:30 PM' timestamp='1251340221' post='11888']

I don't have much of a comment, maybe they are just trying to keep him close so he don't flee while they investigate the interrogation techniques used. Anyways, the comment I wanted to make was I relly got a kick out of Bush-person. That made me laugh.....thank you.

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He he - you are welcome! Glad to be of service.