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Originally Posted by ganbaru
John Brennan tapped to lead CIA
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/0...824.html?hp=f3
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President Barack Obama will announce Monday that he’s nominating the White House’s point person on counterterrorism, John Brennan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House officials told POLITICO.
Brennan, a 25-year veteran of the CIA, currently holds the title of Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. He’s expected to appear with Obama later Monday at a White House event where the president will also announce his nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) to be the next defense secretary.
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Is that a good choice? |
They should nominate someone who had done field work - most of the CIA heads look like they are just simple Case Officers instead of the seasoned paramilitary from the SAD.
Look at their faces - you don't see heavy weathering or that heartbroken murderer's look in their eyes. Spymasters shouldn't be those satellite analysts, it should be those men on the ground - they know best what drives the "freedom fighters" and "defectors" they work with, it is no different from the people they are defending against.