from Democracy Now
Did Obama Aide Admiral Dennis Blair Lie to Congress?
President-elect Obama is expected to name his intelligence team today: Leon Panetta for the CIA, John Brennan as a key White House adviser, and Admiral Dennis Blair as Director of National Intelligence. [Dennis] Blair, as Allan Nairn reported on Democracy Now!, was implicated in backing the perpetrators of church massacres in East Timor in 1999…
Is this change? John Brennan was dropped as a candidate for Director of Central Intelligence due to accusations of support for torture and extraordinary rendition…
President-elect Obama is now selecting John Brennan for a position not requiring congressional confirmation…
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