Obama Intelligence Appointments Come Under Scrutiny

Fri, 01/09/2009 - 13:07
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Today, President Elect Obama nominated 3 people to his national security team.  Former Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta as CIA Director, former US Pacific Commander Dennis Blair as Director of National Intelligence and former chief of staff for the CIA John Brennan - as the next White House homeland security adviser and deputy national security adviser for counter-terrorism.  But as FSRN's Karen Miller finds, critics are charging Panetta with a lack of experience, Blair with human rights violations and Brennan with being too close to the Bush Administration.

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