Comments on: Is John Brennan Really A Torture Advocate?

By: How the media talks about torture and the rule of law - Salon.com

How the media talks about torture and the rule of law - Salon.com — Sat, 21 May 2011 10:30:08 +0000

[...] Over the last week, Spencer Ackerman had been offering some mild defenses of John Brennan, but did so without addressing what was, in my view, the strongest evidence against Brennan. [...]

By: How the media talks about torture and the rule of law

How the media talks about torture and the rule of law — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:21:48 +0000

[...] Over the last week, Spencer Ackerman had been offering some mild defenses of John Brennan, but did so without addressing what was, in my view, the strongest evidence against Brennan. [...]

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By: Julie F Outlaw

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By: bflaska

bflaska — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:42:40 +0000

Um, the letter was written by psychologists not psychiatrists. Writing as you do on intelligence matters and accustomed to the attendant research, surely you know the difference.

By: SqueakyRat

SqueakyRat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:57:04 +0000

The Brennan quote you call more “fulsome” (a word I'd advise you to look up in the dictionary before further use) sounds a lot like pious bullshitting to me.

By: Justice

Justice — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:20:11 +0000

One torturer down! Many more to come…

By: lilburro

lilburro — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:46 +0000

Spencer - You overlook Jane Mayer's Black Sites article on the New Yorker site which identifies Brennan as a supporter. And how about his feelings on rendition which Mel Goodman talks about on Democracy Now?

Brennan's role remains hidden in the shadows. I think it will remain there for good if he is appointed CIA Director. I find his business relations disturbing as well - see my writing here http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/11/23/17025/414.

If nothing else his relationship with Analysis Corp should disqualify him from a position in the Admin's intelligence community because by their definition he is a lobbyist -

from Change.gov:

"No political appointees in the Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years."

Analysis Corp has contracts with the government and maintains the NCTC's terrorist database, no?