WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama is unlikely to radically overhaul controversial Bush administration intelligence policies, advisers say, an approach that is almost certain to create tension within the Democratic Party.
Civil-liberties groups were among those outraged that the White House sanctioned the use of harsh intelligence techniques -- which some consider torture -- by the Central Intelligence Agency, and expanded domestic spy powers. These groups are demanding quick action to reverse these policies.
Mr. Obama is being advised largely by a group of intelligence professionals, including some who have supported Republicans, and centrist former officials in the Clinton administration. They say he is likely to fill key intelligence posts with pragmatists.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122636726473415991.html?mod=googlenews_wsjWould it be fair to say chimpeachment for war crimes and extradition to The Hague is now off the table?
Would it also be fair to say if you're waterboarding jihadis you think a bunch of unwashed sandrats--as opposed to Zionist neocons--perpetrated 9/11?
Alas, I fear the wiretaps and waterboards will be reserved more for intemperate plumbers rather than murderous hadjis.
