Posted on Dec 3, 2020
Democrats’ Unease Mounts as Biden Considers a CIA Director
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WASHINGTON—Some Democratic senators have privately expressed concern to Joe Biden’s transition team about the president-elect’s consideration of intelligence veteran Michael Morell to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, citing Mr. Morell’s defense of the spy agency’s interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Within the past two weeks, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D., N.M.) voiced reservations about Mr. Morell, a former acting director of the CIA who had been widely seen by lawmakers and former officials as a top contender for the job, these people said.
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WASHINGTON—Some Democratic senators have privately expressed concern to Joe Biden’s transition team about the president-elect’s consideration of intelligence veteran Michael Morell to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, citing Mr. Morell’s defense of the spy agency’s interrogation tactics after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to people familiar with the matter.
Within the past two weeks, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D., Vt.) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D., N.M.) voiced reservations about Mr. Morell, a former acting director of the CIA who had been widely seen by lawmakers and former officials as a top contender for the job, these people said.
Link to the article without a paywall: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-unease-mounts-as-biden-considers-a-cia-director/ar-BB1bzBI5?ocid=msedgntp
Democrats’ Unease Mounts as Biden Considers a CIA Director
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Intelligence
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Joe Biden
Torture
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I nominate Rep Adam Schiff, mostly because I want to eat popcorn and watch the confirmation hearing.
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If political leanings are a qualification metric, then career civil servants are in trouble. Though it seems that they really only become swamp creature once they choose sides
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