he said he didn't agree and would not use these techniques if confirmed. I must say I've been watching the proceedings and am impressed with his knowledge and responses. He appears to be well spoken and not intimidated by these Senators that are grilling him. I feel very comfortable with him representing this administration in this position.

I don't think so.

And have been somewhat impressed. It's interesting to hear him speak and compare that with what I've read on DU the last few days which basically has him being a cross between Idi Amin and Vlad the Impaler.

Straight out of 1984, Baby.

And they have a lot of enablers toward that aim.

the Nazis didn't call it torture either, but enhanced interrogation techniques.

But, the point is never mentioned anymore by Corporate McPravda.



Something else the press dares not mention:

No one seems to get tortured when I do though.

Brennan wrote a paper back in his college days in which he concluded torture was probably justifiable. That was back when torture was considered absolutely taboo, and "something the Nazis did", the mark of the North Koreans, and other outlaw regimes. Later as an agent of the government Brennan tortured. He is a cheap thug.
His involvement in torture was no mistake, and odds are he'll find ways to use it again.

"Concerns"...Snort.

Wasn't concerned enough to speak out publicly when it was going on. You don't just sit back and allow people to torture or be tortured. The right thing is to do something about it.

Here's one of his concerns:

"He expressed concern, according to these officials, that if details of the program became public, it would be CIA officers who would face criticism, rather than the politicians and lawyers who approved them."

Oh, my! He was concerned about CIA agents getting a bad rap for committing war crimes. But only if the knowledge ever became public.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/us-obama-nominations-brennan-idUSBRE90T07I20130130

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Nice.

It was Senator Richard Burr, Republican of North Carolina. Laughter heard.

America's war criminals - and I do include those who in government who knew and remained silent - will never be held accountable.

after all, that's what we do so we're apparently fine with the concept.

It torments me that justice won't be meted out to these criminals during our lifetime.

It overshadows everything (about my government and a good deal of my fellow citizens) for me.

He was so worried about his answer though that he thought the "Middle Road" was what would get his Nomination to go through!

He actually "threw a bone" to CODE PINK addressing the "concerns" of those who disgreed with the Drone attacks.

This is a FIRST for an Obama or Bush appointee to even ACKNOWLEDGE that "some folks who VOTE here in USA...are VERY concerned about Drone Strikes, Collateral Damage, Targeting and how far it will go until it reaches the beautiful shores of the USA to be targeted against our Patriot Citizens that have gone back to insurrection since we freed ourselves from the Brits back in the 1700's!

So....Brennan was doing a "hand out of Peace" to the Code Pink and rest of us Progressive Dems while doing his "COVER" for how humble he is and how he "knows better than the rest of us because of his exhaulted background as a Terrorist Hunter."

Brennan just can't "REVEAL what HE KNOWS" because it's Secret and PROTECTS us from the "TERRIBLE THINGS...we Americans cannot deal with.

IMHO ...of what I watched and what I've read from sources that are certainly Progressive.. I don't go to RW Sites for MY NEWS or WAFFLING MEDIA....

Just saying....I think this is important.