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The New Intelligence Regime: No Biased Intel, No Torture, ‘No Exceptions’

By | 01.09.09 | 11:37 am

More important than anything Director of National Intelligence-nominee Dennis Blair and CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta said at their rollout this morning — it’s a rollout, after all, so you’re not getting anything controversial — were two things President-elect Barack Obama said that directly repudiate the intelligence regime of the previous More…

Obama Faces CIA Appointment Dilemma

By | 12.12.08 | 12:45 pm

President-elect Barack Obama has enjoyed a surprisingly smooth presidential transition, with nearly all his appointees to Cabinet-level posts receiving widespread acclaim. But the exception has been the intelligence community. The abrupt departure of Obama’s probable nominee to lead the CIA has caused a bout of consternation in both intelligence and More…