Brennan

Obama Aide Declares End to War on Terrorism

Washington Independent | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


John Brennan picked a deeply symbolic day to end the "war on terrorism." On August 6, 2001, Brennan, then a senior CIA official and now President O...

Brennan Suggests He Played Role In Domestic Surveillance

The Washington Independent | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics


I'll have a broader piece up soon about John Brennan's speech about counterterrorism, which in many ways represented a stark departure from several ke...

Brennan Coming Back To Coordinate Counterterrorism

New York Times | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics


President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intel...

Green Banking, Good Banking

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green


John Tepper Marlin

If Ceres Climate Change ratings had been used as a proxy for long-term thinking, they would have been helpful. They would, in the context of the illiquidity of the credit markets, have been a good predictor of the Bankers Panic of 2008.