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December 10, 2008

Dem House Intel Chair Calls for Continuity of Bush Policies, Appointees
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The Democratic chair of the House Intelligence Committee is urging
President-elect Obama to retain the Bush administration’s top
intelligence officials and some of its most controversial interrogation
tactics after taking office. Congress member Silvestre Reyes of Texas
says he wants Director of National Intelligence Mike Mc Connell and CIA
Director Michael Hayden to stay on for at least six months after Obama’s
inauguration. On the campaign trail, Obama was critical of the Bush
administration’s authorization of torture on prisoners in the so-called
war on terror and vowed changes at the nation’s intelligence agencies.



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