Obama Taps Intelligence Transition Team supporting WMD and Rendition Reports

Democracy Now
The War and Peace Report
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November 17, 2008
Reports the following story:

Ex-CIA Officials Tied to Rendition Program and Faulty Iraq Intel Tapped to Head Obama’s Intelligence Transition Team

John Brennan and Jami Miscik, both former intelligence officials under George Tenet, are leading Barack Obama’s review of intelligence agencies and helping make recommendations to the new administration. Brennan has supported warrantless wiretapping and extraordinary rendition, and Miscik was involved with the politicized intelligence alleging weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the war on Iraq. We speak with former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman and Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights. (link)

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FOR DISCUSSION:

"Doesn't it make some sense for Obama to hire some guys who have actual
KNOWLEDGE of what has gone on for the past 8 years, rather than come in
clueless?

I mean... these guys are on the "transition" team, not being appointed to be
in charge of future operations." - Michael Martinson

BUT doesn't their past automatically bias their suggestions for transition?

"I'm not going to second-guess Obama or try to read his mind, but he seems
like a pretty sophisticated guy. If you had to cross a mine field,
wouldn't it be advantageous to have the person who had laid down the mines
be on your team, at least until you were safely across?" Abigail Marshall

Or are we being naive here? What are your thoughts?