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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:06 AM
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It's time for Obama to name his FBI Chief and the CIA Director...
It should be someone that knows how that corrupt and secretive system works. My recommendation would be General Wesley Clark, a Rhodes scholar and a military man familiar with the secrets of the "organization". They need to clean out that nest of iniquity. It's time to get to the bottom of this spying and eavesdropping on American citizens, the Governor of Illinois and his friends included. The Bushes have been involved in secrecy since before the days of Nixon. They are crooks. We need to clean up this mess.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:14 AM
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1. Mueller's term doesn't end until 2011
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/robert-mueller.html

as for the CIA, I just read this:

House Democrat urges Obama to keep Bush's intelligence chiefsBy Chris Strohm CongressDaily December 10, 2008 The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat said Tuesday he has recommended that President-elect Barack Obama keep the country's current national intelligence director and CIA chief in place for some time to ensure continuity in U.S. intelligence programs during the transition to a new administration.

Intelligence Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, said he also recommended to Obama's transition team that some parts of the CIA's controversial alternative interrogation program should be allowed to continue. He declined to say what he specifically recommended, however.

The alternative interrogation program has been a lightning rod during the Bush administration's war on terrorism, drawing fierce denunciations from liberal Democrats and other critics who say it allows prisoners to be tortured. These opponents have urged Obama to shut it down.

In an interview, Reyes said he believes that Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and CIA Director Michael Hayden should be kept in their posts. Reyes believes they should stay for at least six months, but said the time frame is ultimately a decision Obama must make.

more;http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=41595&dcn=todaysnews

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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-08 11:17 AM
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2. They should have their bags packed on January 20th...
in my opinion. Reyes doesn't know shit from shinola, he has proven.
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