Foreign Policy In Focus/IPS March 16, 2009
[source] by John Feffer, Stephen Zunes
The Obama administration’s choice to head the National Intelligence Council (NIC) recently withdrew in face of a concerted right-wing attack. Veteran diplomat Chas Freeman would not have had to face Senate confirmation. Instead, he had to face attacks in the right-wing press and blogosphere. His withdrawal was a victory for Bush-era neoconservatives and their allies regarding intelligence and broader Middle East Policy. http://www.fpif.org/articles/neocons_1_obama_0