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10. Here's what Jane Mayer says about Brennan in "The Dark Side,"

Reply to MotherPetrie (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 01:39 PM

Jan 2013

the 2008 book she wrote based on her New Yorker pieces, which I have:

"George had some long nights," John Brennan, his former deputy, said. But again, Tenet sided with his bosses. (page 180)

This appears in a paragraph about how Tenet gave "the White House" what it wanted and shifted operations from Afghanistan to Iraq despite misgivings. Per the index, that's it.

So if this goes back to Jane Mayer, she didn't have a hell of a lot to say about Brennan in 2008, and she wrote the book on Bush-era CIA torture.

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The problem is not John Brennan: It's us [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

This is not a complicated situation vi5 Jan 2013 #1

+1 forestpath Jan 2013 #3

bingo MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #4

Yes, let's criticize those who disagree with you and say they don't support liberal or moral values! Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #8

It's not disagreeing with me. vi5 Jan 2013 #12

Interestingly, here's where Brennan and Hagel can be tied together: TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #2

then why is Obama so determined to hire a torture supporter like Brennan? MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #5

After Petraeus? Trust. I think Obama knows that Brennan won't be TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #7

And screw torture opponents MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #9

If torture will not again be tolerated in the CIA (and I don't think it will), TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #11

If you don't get how putting someone in a leadership position with that lack of morality, TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #13

Look, I'm not thrilled with Brennan. But what are Obama's realistic TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #14

If your personal trust is in a torture monger then it way past time to reevaluate how something so TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #15

the problem is Obama wanting this torture guy in his administration MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #6

Here's what Jane Mayer says about Brennan in "The Dark Side," allrevvedup Jan 2013 #10

Well, she also had this to say... Oilwellian Jan 2013 #16