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The mostly smooth Obama transition has hit a stumbling block as it seeks a CIA head. Criticism from the left led likely candidate John Brennan to withdraw his name from consideration.

We’ve long known that the CIA waterboarded at least three Al Qaeda detainees.
We’ve also long known that the Justice Dept., at the behest of a Central Intelligence Agency deeply fearful about its legal vulnerabilities, endorsed the torture techniques that CIA leadership desired. And we’ve recently learned that George W. Bush’s principal aides, including Condoleezza Rice, [...]