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To: rodguy911; penelopesire

Did Brennan make the call?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-veteran-john-brennan-has-transformed-us-counterterrorism-policy/2012/10/24/318b8eec-1c7c-11e2-ad90-ba5920e56eb3_story.html

What was once a disparate collection of tactics — drone strikes by the CIA and the military, overhead surveillance, deployment of small Special Forces ground units at far-flung bases, and distribution of military and economic aid to threatened governments — has become a White House-centered strategy with Brennan at its core.

Four years ago, Brennan felt compelled to withdraw from consideration as President Obama’s first CIA director because of what he regarded as unfair criticism of his role in counterterrorism practices as an intelligence official during the George W. Bush administration. Instead, he stepped into a job in the Obama administration with greater responsibility and influence.

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147 posted on 10/28/2012 7:59:38 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief; rodguy911

Well..if he did make the call..this is another impeachable offense I would think, because he is an advisor and not in the official chain of command.

This would be huge Maggie! He is also, as a czar, not required to answer to Congress(is he?). You may have something here.


164 posted on 10/28/2012 8:12:41 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: maggief
He(Brennan) well could have made the call. He had/has a lot of authority on drone strikes it appears. The game may have been to let Brennan make the decision then zero makes the call and they throw various others under the bus,hard to tell yet.

this below is from your link:

Although he insists that all agencies have the opportunity to weigh in on decisions, making differing perspectives available to the Oval Office, Brennan wields enormous power in shaping decisions on “kill” lists and the allocation of armed drones, the war’s signature weapon. When operations are proposed in Yemen, Somalia or elsewhere, it is Brennan alone who takes the recommendations to Obama for a final sign-off.

189 posted on 10/28/2012 8:32:35 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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