John R. Houk
© April 7, 2010
John O. Brennan is Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism which is a White House job. A White House job means Brennan’s appointment (Like Obama Czars) did not need Senate Confirmation.
From the brief research I have read on Brennan suggests he has credible credentials for his White House job. The research also suggests Brennan is a political opportunist. Why?
In the G.W. Bush Administration Brennan worked under CIA Director George Tenet and appeared to support many of the interrogation techniques supported by Tenet and the Bush Administration. This is to say Brennan supported enhanced (harsh) interrogation techniques to extract information from Islamic terrorists bent on destroying America while killing U.S. citizens along with their dream of Islamic domination.
Appeasement minded Leftists who are more concerned about the civil rights of America’s foreign enemies (and fifth column enemies) than they are for the lives of American men, women and children; love to call enhanced interrogation techniques torture.
Since Brennan appears to be a bit of a political opportunist, he has earned detractors across America’s political spectrum. The Left distrusts the guy because of his Bush/Tenet affiliation as well as being a defender of torture to extract security/defense information from Islamic terrorists. The Right distrusts the guy for joining the Obama team as an Intelligence campaign advisor, an Obama White House employee and as an Obama apologist supporting the current Obama Foreign Policy agenda.
With this in mind, one of my favorite bloggers has written criticism of George Brennan that you should explore.
JRH 4/7/10
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