John Brennan is OUT of the running for CIA Position...YAY!

[MadBadger]

Breaking on MSNBC

[polichick]

1. Doesn't want to be a "distraction."

[JudyInTheHeartland]

18. Here is a copy of the Brennan letter

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/withdrawalletter.pdf

[EFerrari]

23. Welcome to DU, Judy.

:)

[JudyInTheHeartland]

24. Thanks!!!

[Pirate Smile]

2. Nice.

[blogslut]

3. I am listening to that right now

John Yang on MSNBC - saying that Brennan did not want to cause problems, took his name out of consideration.

[Undercurrent]

4. Good

[FrenchieCat]

5. Writing to Change.gov seems to work.

There was some negativity on the blogs about it, but the liberal blogs weren't going "Nuts" as MSNBC is putting it....

[EFerrari]

19. Going nuts / "negativity" = pointing out he supported torture. n/t

[Thrill]

6. Whos up next Harman or Tim Roemer?

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. No on Roemer

Or anyone else involved in the 9/11 coverup fraud.

[MadBadger]

12. 9/11 coverup fraud?

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. Yeah, the Warren Commission of the 21st century.

Except the Warren Commission at least made an attempt, pathetic as it was, to investigate the crime.

[ProSense]

7. AP article:

Brennan out of running for top intel post

WASHINGTON – John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, has taken his name out of the running for any intelligence position in the new administration.

In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs who associate him with the Bush administration's interrogation, detention and rendition policies.

"The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," he wrote, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

[Thrill]

8. Brennan out of running for top intel post

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, has taken his name out of the running for any intelligence position in the new administration.

In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs who associate him with the Bush administration's interrogation, detention and rendition policies.

"The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," he wrote, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdq4l-aPypVVQ4vbi_5nkYk6OO3AD94M54QO0

[EFerrari]

21. The problem with that statement is that even I remember him defending

torture on the cable channels. Was he not involved in his own appearances, too? :crazy:

[Seen the light]

9. THANK YOU OBAMA!

I'd like to think that it was my emails and my thread on DU that shut this nomination down. :D

[seafan]

11. Bob Graham and Richard Clarke, I hope are under consideration to lead intelligence.

We have got to clean out and rebuild our intelligence organization. It has been deeply corrupted over decades, just as our DOJ has in merely the past eight years.


Brennan out of running for top intel post

November 25, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, has taken his name out of the running for any intelligence position in the new administration.

In a letter Tuesday, Brennan wrote letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction. His potential appointment has raised a firestorm in liberal blogs who associate him with the Bush administration's interrogation, detention and rendition policies.

"The fact that I was not involved in the decisionmaking process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," he wrote, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

[davidinalameda]

17. Graham would be great

[Alexander]

14. Phew.

Dodged a bullet there.

[ErinBerin84]

15. kick!

[Sunnyshine]

16. As Jane as my witness, this dude gives me the willies. Obama blocked w/ a stiff arm for justice.

:fistbump:

[EFerrari]

20. Well done. Very well done.

K&R

[Cults4Bush]

22. Wonderful news. n/t

[MasonJar]

25. Richard Clarke is the man! Let Obama know!

[mirrera]

26. Ray McGovern...n/t

[Ignis]

27. Thank goodness.

I've been trying to stay optimistic and trusting about these appointments, but the idea of giving the CIA to Brennan really set my teeth on edge.

[lwcon]

28. But, but...

To accomplish this, people had to act mean like those bad protesters in the 60s!

Shouldn't we have just hoped that Brennan would be an awesome member of the Team of Rivals?