More proof OBAMA is a puppet and shamelessly uninformed about GATES COVERING UP DOD CIFA UNIT MURDERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/25/gates_expected_to_remain_at_de.html?hpid=topnews


Gates Expected to Remain at Defense

By Michael D. Shear and Ann Scott Tyson



Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is expected to stay on at the Pentagon for at least a year after Barack Obama takes office, providing the new president with a Republican presence in his cabinet and a familiar face to lead troops during two ongoing wars, sources close to the Obama transition team said.

"The betting money is heading that direction, and it's possible it is a done deal," said one source close to the team. "I think it is going that way -- many do -- including some who are surprised."

Some sources described a "rolling transition," where Gates would remain during an overlapping changeover of key political appointees at the Pentagon. Others said he could remain in the job indefinitely.


Under both scenarios, most of the deputies serving under Gates at the Pentagon would be replaced, the sources said.

Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell yesterday did not confirm that Gates had agreed to stay, but reiterated that Gates had never ruled out the option. "He has deliberately never precluded the possibility of continuing to serve if needed," said Morrell. "It would be out of character to do so now."

But, he added, Gates's preference "is to return home."

Obama aides declined to comment Tuesday. The president-elect plans to announce members of his national security team early next week, bringing together a bipartisan group that is almost certain to include Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) as Secretary of State and retired Gen. James L. Jones, a former Marine, as national security adviser.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-cia26-2008nov26,0,7384808.story



John Brennan withdraws name from consideration as CIA director


Lawrence Jackson /


Associated Press

The controversy over John Brennan complicates Barack Obama’s efforts to have a smooth transition on intelligence matters.
Liberal groups opposed Barack Obama's top choice for the job. The move complicates his administration's efforts to have a smooth transition on intelligence matters.

By Greg Miller

November 26, 2008

Reporting from Washington -- The leading candidate to be CIA director for President-elect Barack Obama withdrew from consideration Tuesday amid mounting opposition from liberal groups, marking the first time that the incoming administration appeared to bow to outside pressure on a high-level appointment.
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TOMMY:


What pressure...from whom?


Anybody at MSM faggot land...want to actually do some journalism with sources cited?

I noticed how the KIKE MOSSAD DOD faggots at RANDI RHODES DISCUSSION FORUM always maligned WAYNE MADSEN REPORT claiming that "...he does not cite sources...".

So...who is the source of this bogus spin?

Is it RAHMBO?

WHAT DID THIS GUY BRENNAN HAVE TO DO WITH CHIPPING, MIND CONTROL, TORTURE OF THOMAS S. BEAN AFTER I signed a 47 page US DOJ OIG--FBI OPR COMPLAINT that mentioned MUELLER'S ONGOING SAGA OF ENGAGING IN RICO FELONY DRUG DISTRIBUTION and CONSPIRACIES TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE by silently sanctioning any outrageous corruption by FBI AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT (See, MY MEXICAN MAFIA MURDER AFFADAVIT, CHRISTINA MOORE MURDER AFFADAVIT, YOGURT SHOP MURDER AFFADAVIT).

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The withdrawal of John Brennan, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and the top intelligence advisor to Obama, complicates the next administration's desire to have a smooth transition on intelligence matters at a time when U.S. spy agencies are involved in two wars and confront the ongoing threat of Al Qaeda.


In a pointed letter to Obama, Brennan removed his name from consideration even while lashing out at critics, whom he accused of distorting his record on the controversial intelligence policies of the Bush administration.

"It has been immaterial to the critics that I have been a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include waterboarding," Brennan said, referring to a widely condemned interrogation method in which a detainee is made to feel he is drowning.

"The fact that I was not involved in the decision-making process for any of these controversial policies and actions has been ignored," Brennan said.

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TOMMY:

Then why the fuck are you not in at CIA?

What did you do, and not do?



http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/

..."John Brennan, chief executive officer of the Analysis Corp., [was] rumored to be a possible candidate for CIA director in the Obama administration, reports The Washington Post.

Brennan is a former top CIA official who helped establish the National Counterterrorism Center in 2004. He left the agency in 2005 to become CEO of Analysis Corp. ...

Ironically, in March, an Analysis Corp. employee working at the State Department was accused of improperly accessing Barack Obama’s passport file. In a statement at the time, Analysis Corp. said, “We deeply regret that the incident occurred and believe it is an isolated incident.” ...

He served as an advisor to the Obama campaign on national security and is the head of Obama’s intelligence transition team. ..."...

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/33920-1.html



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Brennan was responding to criticism from an array of outside groups that had begun lobbying the Obama team to find another candidate for the top CIA job.

In a letter sent to Obama last week and signed by dozens of psychologists opposed to harsh interrogation methods, Brennan was described as a "supporter of the 'dark side' policies" of the Bush administration.

The group noted that Brennan had held senior positions under former CIA Director George J. Tenet. A Brennan appointment "would dishearten and alienate those who opposed torture under the Bush administration," they said.

Brennan spent a 25-year career in the U.S. intelligence community, serving in a series of high-level posts. Most recently, he was head of the National Counterterrorism Center, which was created in the efforts after the Sept. 11 attacks to improve coordination among the nation's 16 spy agencies on threat data.

He left the government in 2005, and has served as chief executive of the Analysis Corp., a Washington-area consulting firm.

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tommy:


Did this guy order the use of provocateurs in Sioux Falls after I signed the DOJ OIG--FBI OPR COMPLAINT? I got chipped and mind controlled and tortured with DOD DARPA WEAPON CALLED DEW after....NSA TSP scandal was outed by MUELLER AT FBI AFTER SEN GRASSLEY got my ten page memo?

IS THAT WHY BRENNAN WAS FORCED TO RESIGN?

I CONTACTED FBI HQ AND OFFERED THEM THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE GREEN FORD GOV SEDAN driven by the guy "running the Native American provocateur at Syd's liquour store" and...once again....MUELLER STOOD ON ON CONSPIRACY TO TAMPER WITH A MATERIAL WITNESS?

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Obama's decisions on intelligence are being watched closely because of the controversy over Bush administration policies and the possibility that U.S. interrogators may require legal protection against prosecution for their use of harsh methods. Transition officials have signaled that Obama is unlikely to pursue prosecutions, but President Bush is believed to be considering preemptive pardons.

Current and former U.S. intelligence officials voiced concern that Brennan's withdrawal suggested a standard within the Obama camp that might disqualify any candidate who had recent ties to the nation's preeminent spy agency.

"If you want an intelligence professional -- and they seem to be leaning in that direction -- you're left with somebody who hasn't worked there for eight years," said a senior Democratic aide in Congress. "I don't know who fits that bill."

Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman for Obama's transition team, said the president-elect had accepted Brennan's decision.

"John Brennan has served our nation with honor and is a man of talent and integrity," Cutter said, adding that Obama "is grateful" for Brennan's transition work.

It was unclear whether Brennan had been pressured or asked to submit his letter of withdrawal. A former senior U.S. intelligence official close to Brennan indicated that Brennan was pushed.

"John's not the kind of guy who would run away from a fight," said the former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity when sharing personal observations. "And he's very comfortable with his past actions and positions and views. I think he would have stood up well in any confirmation process."

One official on the Obama transition team said that it was Brennan's choice to bow out, and that he had not been asked to withdraw. The official noted that the campaign had staunchly supported other controversial candidates, including economic advisor Lawrence H. Summers, who came under fire for comments he made as president of Harvard University that were considered demeaning to women.

But a Democrat knowledgeable about the transition said that "it would have been too much" for the Obama team to bring in an official seen as too close to the disputed practices of the Bush administration. Such a choice would have alienated not only hard-core Democratic supporters who expect change, but allies in the Arab world, Europe and elsewhere who expect a clean break from the Bush era.

Critics seized on Brennan's comments defending former CIA colleagues after he left government.

But the former senior U.S. intelligence official said that because of the positions Brennan held, he was never directly involved in the intelligence controversies of the Bush era.

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TOMMY: THEN WHY THE FUCK IS THIS GUY ASKED TO RESIGN HIS APPOINTMENT?

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"He wouldn't have been involved in setting up or administering programs for interrogation or rendition," another senior former CIA official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity.

Brennan indicated in his letter that his opposition to the Bush administration policies had cost him job promotions. "I was twice considered for more senior-level positions in the current administration only to be rebuffed by the White House" for resisting its policies, he said.

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tommy:


IF TRUE...THEN OBAMA WANTS TO TALK TO THIS GUY FIRST WITHOUT RAHMBO MOSSAD FUCKHEAD vetting the info, to keep our UNCLE TOM KIKE PUPPET misdirected...no?

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Others who have surfaced as possible candidates for high-level intelligence jobs in the Obama administration include Dennis Blair, a retired U.S. Navy admiral who served as the military liaison to the CIA before being named commander of the U.S. Pacific Command; Rep. Jane Harman (D-Venice); and former Rep. Tim Roemer (D-Ind.).

Miller is a writer in our Washington bureau.

greg.miller@latimes.com
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_C._Blair


..."Blair reportedly disobeyed orders from the Clinton Administration in 1999 during the 1999 East Timorese crisis, when he was Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command.

Amid growing international concern over violence against the independence movement in Indonesian-occupied East Timor, Blair was ordered by the State Department to meet with General Wiranto, the commander of the Indonesian military, and to tell him to shut down the pro-Indonesia militia.

Blair reportedly failed to deliver the message during his meeting with Wiranto, and instead gave Wiranto an offer of military assistance and a personal invitation to be Blair's guest in Hawaii.[2]

Blair is somewhat renowned in U.S. Naval circles for nearly succeeding in an attempt to water ski behind his Destroyer when he was the Skipper.

The New York Times reported in 2008 that Blair is a candidate for Director of National Intelligence in the Obama administration".........