Of course his candidate voted against it. He even implied that Obama was being “knee-jerk” in his response and needs to do his homework. Do any of Obama’s advisers think he’s ready for the job?
In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign broke with his candidate’s position opposing retroactive legal protection for telecommunications companies being sued for cooperating with a dubious U.S. government domestic surveillance program.
“I do believe strongly that [telecoms] should be granted that immunity,” former CIA official John Brennan told National Journal reporter Shane Harris in the interview. “They were told to [cooperate] by the appropriate authorities that were operating in a legal context.”
“I know people are concerned about that, but I do believe that’s the right thing to do,” added Brennan, who is an intelligence and foreign policy adviser to Obama.
That wasn’t just a personal opinion, Brennan made clear to Harris. “My advice, to whoever is coming in [to the White House], is they need to spend some time learning, understanding what’s out there, identifying those key issues,” including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, he said — the law at the heart of the immunity debate.
“They need to make sure they do their homework, and it’s not just going to be knee-jerk responses,” Brennan said of the presidential hopefuls.
Guys, when even his own people make the case that he’s inexperienced, what hope does he have of winning the argument? (I know, he doesn’t have to win the argument only election but that didn’t happen in Texas and Ohio, did it?)
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posted March 9, 2008 at 5:05 am
*yawn* x 10
everyone has their opinion. personally i think that it’s good that he and obama can differ and he still supports obama. it’s important that a leader doesn’t surround himself in a bubble by only those who agree with him. (oops, was that a dig against bush? sorry bush idolizers!)
posted March 9, 2008 at 8:44 am
How’s the air in the Obama messiah bubble?
posted March 9, 2008 at 4:57 pm
you’re the expert on the messiah thing, so maybe you could tell us. i come here for my obama gossip! then i go elsewhere to find the truth.