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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (41075)	2/10/2010 10:35:05 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

ROTFL - Rationalization at its best. Message 26310662

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (41075)	2/10/2010 11:58:26 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

John Brennan 'needs to go' By KASIE HUNT 2/9/10 8:49 PM EST Missouri Senato Kit Bond called for the removal of the White House's top counterterrorism official Tuesday, intensifying Republican criticism of the administration's handling of the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. Bond said John Brennan, a special assistant to the president for counterterrorism, needs to resign because of the politcal role he has played. Brennan "needs to go," Bond told the National Review Online, a position spokeswoman Shana Marchio confirmed. "Our problem now is that we have to wonder whether we can trust Brennan after he has been a mouthpiece for the political arm that I thought only came out of the White House press office," Bond said. "Instead of having real debates on our nation's terror-fighting policies, the national security team has become a bench of political spokespeople." Bond has accused the administration of negligence for reading the suspected underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, his Miranda rights after less than an hour of questioning. Bond's call for Brennan's resignation comes in the wake of a USA Today op-ed Brennan published Tuesday accusing Republicans of jeopardizing national security with political attacks. Bond's criticism is directed at a background briefing the administration held for reporters that revealed Abdulmutallab was again providing intelligence to federal investigators—a move designed to thwart Republican attacks accusing the White House of sacrificing valuable intelligence in favor of a fair judicial process. Bond sent a caustic letter to the administration on the subject, a move that prompted White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to demand that Bond apologize to the White House and the intelligence community. Bond refused. Bond, the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is not the only member of Congress to criticize Brennan; his House-side counterpart, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.), has also accused Brennan of not sharing information with Congress. Others with ties to the intelligence community think Brennan—who works in closer proximity to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel than any other intelligence official—is behind the push to fight back against political attacks on White House counterterrorism policy. "There is tension between the intelligence community and Brennan," a member of Congress who has long worked on intelligence issues told POLITICO. "They just feel that he is trying to micromanage, and also playing somewhat of a political role." Read more: politico.com