itshappening
01-07-2013, 01:34 PM
Forget Hagel, this is the bigger controversy. Obama has nominated the man who devised "enhanced interrogation techniques" (torture) to get terror suspects to make confessions and provide worthless information and then he went on to become the chief of Obama's Drone strike policy:
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Brennan had been on Obama's short list for CIA chief back in 2008, to replace then-agency director and George W. Bush appointee Gen. Michael Hayden.
He reportedly turned down the administration's offer, fearing his role in the agency's use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on terror detainees would be an insurmountable hurdle during the Senate confirmation process.
Current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ended up replacing Hayden at Langley, with Brennan becoming the White House’s Deputy national security adviser and the administration’s top counterterrorism official.
Under his watch, Brennan helped shape the White House's aggressive counterterrorism strategy, focused on the increased use of armed drone strikes against suspected terror targets across the globe. He also played a key planning role in the U.S. special operations raid in March of 2011 that ended with the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/275905-obama-nominates-hagel-for-pentagon-picking-fight-with-senate-gop#ixzz2HJtmlmJn
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Brennan had been on Obama's short list for CIA chief back in 2008, to replace then-agency director and George W. Bush appointee Gen. Michael Hayden.
He reportedly turned down the administration's offer, fearing his role in the agency's use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on terror detainees would be an insurmountable hurdle during the Senate confirmation process.
Current Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ended up replacing Hayden at Langley, with Brennan becoming the White House’s Deputy national security adviser and the administration’s top counterterrorism official.
Under his watch, Brennan helped shape the White House's aggressive counterterrorism strategy, focused on the increased use of armed drone strikes against suspected terror targets across the globe. He also played a key planning role in the U.S. special operations raid in March of 2011 that ended with the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/275905-obama-nominates-hagel-for-pentagon-picking-fight-with-senate-gop#ixzz2HJtmlmJn