President-elect Barack Obama made it official this morning. Retired Admiral Dennis Blair will be Director of National Intelligence, and Leon Panetta, once President Clinton's Chief of Staff, will head the CIA. Spencer has much more on this above.
You can see remarks from Blair and Panetta here, and the Q&A with the press corps here.
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“Watch what we do, not what we say” - John Mitchell, 1969
Whatever PEBO and Blair say about torture and death squads, what Admiral Blair actually did was to conspire with Indonesia’s death squads commanders against the express instructions of the US Government: certainly insubordinate, arguably treasonous.
If PEBO wants an intelligence chief whose shown he’ll prioritize continuing torture, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity over a mere trifle like duly constituted Executive Branch authority, than PEBO’s got his man.
Isn’t the change of Imperial leaders glorious?
Ambitious intel folks take note: now PEBO wants to make him intel chief. Job well done, Admiral Blair! That’s the way to show America won’t tolerate torture, right?
Watch what PEBO does, not what he says.
thanks kirk - i put a quick comment in spencer’s post on the subject. but i don’t think it got any attention… not enough people listening to democracy now!