Obama's new presumptive Director of National Intelligence

annarborgator · Post by **annarborgator** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:13 pm

What do y'all think? Will he continue the practices decried so often by Obamamanaics?

But human rights supporters are right to be worried that Dennis Blair will hardly lead the charge for reform in the nation’s intelligence community after the Bush Administration’s embrace of torture, rendition and other crimes. For in the period leading up to and following East Timor’s August 1999 referendum on independence from Indonesia Blair, from his perch as US Commander in Chief of the Pacific (CINCPAC) from February 1999 to May 2000, ran interference for the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) as they and their militia proxies committed crimes against humanity on an awesome scale.

http://www.counterpunch.org/simpson12262008.html

Tipmoose · Post by **Tipmoose** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:22 pm

It won't matter if he does. The press won't report it...and if they do, it will be spun to be a positive...a reluctant warrior doing the best he can to keep America safe.

bluegrassg8r · Post by **bluegrassg8r** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:03 pm

Well stated, Tip. Exactly what will happen when he fails to deliver a mythology of peace within that difficult field.