1.0 link 148150 <![CDATA[Top Intelligence Picks a No-Win for Obama]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-shorrock-and-frank-naif/top-intelligence-picks-a_b_148150.html The Obama transition team's highly anticipated announcement of its new national security lineup has telling omissions: there's no Director of National Intelligence or CIA Director.

The Obama administration faces a daunting task in choosing new intelligence chiefs. Nearly any credible candidate for senior intelligence leadership appointments is likely to come with baggage, such as past involvement in questionable intelligence activities and/or the growing network of secretive intelligence contractors.

Obama's presumptive top contender for an intelligence leadership post exited the stage last...

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