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Did Clinton Just Change US Policy on Hezbollah?

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Netanyahu, Saad Hariri, John Brennan, Israel, Lebanon, Obama, Hezbollah, State Department, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

They say talk is cheap, but is it possible that recent comments by Hillary Clinton are signaling a radical change in US foreign policy?

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Old CIA problems Dog New Interrogation Group

Frank Naif | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Brennan, High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, CIA Torture, Cia, John Brennan Cia, Leon Panetta, Torture, Politics News

For all of the attention paid to CIA's morale, carving off a chunk of clandestine counterterrorism operations will become part of the hallway lore of a CIA doomed to be put upon by politicians.

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Hagel Joining Intelligence Oversight Board Neglected by Bush, Obama

Frank Naif | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Brennan, Obama National Security, Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Hagel, Intelligence Oversight Board, National Security, Piab, Politics News

Chuck Hagel, former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Vietnam veteran, and short-lister for various Obama national security cabinet posts, is soon to be named to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

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Rice Advances the Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unilateralism, Susan Rice, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Janet Napolitano, United Nations, President Obama, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, Nuclear Terrorism, 21st Century, Jim Jones, Multilateralism, Politics News

The Obama Doctrine isn't naïve liberal internationalism. On the contrary, as Susan Rice explains, respect for multilateral institutions strengthens America's ability to protect and pursue its own interests.

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Obama's New Counterterrorism Message Is Good, But the Messenger Has Problems

Frank Naif | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dni, Cia, Warrantless Surveillance, Counterterrorism, Obama Counterterrorism, John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence, CIA Torture, Terrorist Surveillance Program, John Brennan Cia, Torture, Domestic Spying, Politics News

John Brennan's role as a top national security honcho in the Obama administration shows the limitations of Obama's "look to the future, not to the past" mantra.

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Obama Aide Raises Doubt About Gitmo Closing Deadline

Wall Street Journal | SIOBHAN GORMAN and EVAN PEREZ | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Closing, Gitmo Closing, Obama Guantanamo, Obama Guantanamo Closing, John Brennan, Obama Gitmo, Obama Gitmo Closing, Politics News

The Obama administration's counterterrorism chief appeared to provide the first indication the administration may not make its January deadline for cl...

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Obama Aide Declares End to War on Terrorism

Washington Independent | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Brennan Suggests He Played Role In Domestic Surveillance

The Washington Independent | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Counterterrorism Center, Bush Administration, Cia, Counterterrorism, Domestic Surveillance, Brennan, John Brennan, Surveillance, Terrorist Threat Integration Center, Marcy Wheeler, Politics News

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...

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Senior WH Counterterrorism Advisor To Announce New Terror Strategy

The Washington Post | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Yemen, Iraw War, John O Brennan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, President Obama, John Brennan, Obama, War on Terror, Afghanistan War, Afghan War Strategy, White House, Barack Obama, Counterterrorism, Iraq, Politics News

The U.S. government must fundamentally redefine the struggle against terrorism, replacing the "war on terror" with a campaign combining all facets of ...

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Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

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Will Obama Block Release of Key Bush-era Torture Memos?

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

As has been pointed out by journalists, human rights lawyers and critics, President Obama has continued -- and continues to defend -- some of the Bush administration's most repressive "War on Terror" policies.

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Brennan Keeping Obama Admin From Releasing Torture Docs

Harpers | Posted 05.06.2009 | Politics

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In response to Freedom of Information Act requests, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel was slated to release four closely guarded mem...

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Obama Adviser Brennan Now A Lesser Intelligence God: That Contractor Thing Bit Him

Frank Naif | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cia Director, Obama Transition, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, John Brennan, Barack Obama, John Brennan Cia, Brennan Cia, Obama Cabinet, Leon Panetta Obama, Breaking Politics News, Cia, Obama Appointees, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Appointments, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News

John Brennan has been a valuable asset to the Obama team and will continue to be a loyal servant in his new role. He will provide valuable insight into Bush's intelligence policy formulation, such as it was.

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Brennan Coming Back To Coordinate Counterterrorism

New York Times | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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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...

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cia, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, John Brennan, Dianne Feinstein, Iran, Ted Sorensen, Robert F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles, Tom Kuchel, Jimmy Carter, Intelligence, Jane Harman, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Stephen Kappes, John Mccone, Bob Finch, Obama Transition, Max Rafferty, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Obama Appointments, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Politics News

To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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Obama's Intel Picks Short On Direct Experience

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intel...

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Obama Labor Secretary, Transportation Secretary Announcements

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business Administration, Secretary of Transportation, Ray Lahood, Secretary of Labor, Barack Obama, Karen Mills, John Brennan, Oregon, Business News

CHICAGO — Completing his Cabinet a month before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama named officials to oversee transportation, labor, tr...

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Hayden CIA Chief Rumors Cause More Concern

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Transition, Obama Cia Chief, Hayden Obama, Michael Hayden, Hayden Obama Cia, President Obama, John Brennan, Politics News

with John Brennan out of the picture, a more controversial contender for CIA chief has emerged: As President-elect Barack Obama continues to build hi...

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CIA Staff 'Disgusted' By What Happened To Brennan

CQ Politics | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

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Anyone connected to post-Sept. 11 "enhanced interrogation measures," no matter at arm's length, is apparently disqualified to run Barack Obama 's spy ...

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The Obama "Betrayal" Narrative Takes Shape

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gates, James Jones, Obama's Cabinet, George W. Bush, Jr., Hillary Clinton, Progressive Movement, Gloria Feldt, Barack Obama, Robert F. Kennedy, Obama 100 Days, Obama National Security, Obama Iraq, John Brennan, Politics News

The fear is that Obama, bending to pressure from the military-industrial complex, might "re-brand" the Iraq war.

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Report: Obama Team Pushed Out Controversial CIA Contender

NPR | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

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Was he pushed? Former CIA official John Brennan, once considered the top choice to serve as CIA director in President-elect Barack Obama's administra...

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Top Intelligence Picks a No-Win for Obama

Tim Shorrock and Frank Naif | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Cia, Director of National Intelligence, National Security, Federal Government, Private Security Contractors, Obama's Cabinet, CIA Torture, Obama Transition, Intelligence Community, Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, John Brennan, Politics News

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.

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Obama's National Security Team

Huffington Post/AP/NYT | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Napolitano, Obama Rice, Jim Jones, Obama Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder, Obama Clinton, Eric Holder, Obama's Cabinet, Obama National Security Team, Obama Jones, Robert Gates, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, Obama Holder, Janet Napolitano, Slideshow, John Brennan, Politics News

The New York Times, in previewing President-elect Obama's national security team, reports that several key members have more "hawkish" records than he...

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