Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern: Gen. Petraeus Will Expand Pro-War Agenda As New CIA Director

[democracy1st]

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President Obama is expected to announce a major shuffling of his national security team today. For more information, Democracy Now! interviews Ray McGovern, a former senior CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. Under his plan, CIA Director Leon Panetta will move to the Pentagon to replace the retiring Robert Gates. Gen. David Petraeus will become the new head of the CIA. U.S. Marine General John Allen will be nominated to become the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, a position currently held by Petraeus. And Ryan Crocker will be nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan. Leon Panetta has headed the CIA for the past two years and has led a massive escalation of the use of unarmed drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Many analysts say the nomination of David Petraeus to head the CIA will further increase the militarization of the spy agency.

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[HolyCity2012]

1. Ray McGovern = 9/11 Dungeon

[Ghost Dog]

2. Petraeus is back in town

"... I think Obama is being too clever by half. Petraeus is back in town, or will be this summer. He doesn’t really owe much allegiance to Obama. He’s made fun of him. I—remember where you heard it first. I don’t think he wants to be vice president; I think he wants to be president, if not running in 2012, then the next time around. And he’s well positioned now, within the ambiance here of Washington, to pull all the levers, get all the support he needs, especially from the neocons, whom he has assiduously courted, and be in position to get on the ticket. And I think that’s what he’s after. And I think Obama, from that point of view, made a terrible mistake."

- McGovern, op. cit.