James Gundun: New Boss at the CIA: Brennan's Legal Framework for Drone Killings.

As the majority of Washington's political and media establishments concentrate their firepower on Senator Chuck Hagel's nomination for US Defense Secretary, John Brennan is doing what he does best, and slipping through the shadows. Rumored since President Barack Obama secured his second term in office, Brennan has finally received a formal nomination to replace the scandalized David Petraeus, and advanced his work at the CIA. Disturbingly but not surprisingly, many American pundits have welcomed Brennan's promotion as a logical choice for the CIA's Directorship, and expect a smooth confirmation. They generally avoid real discussions over the areas of operations affected and afflicted by US counter terrorism,, instead of preferring the glamorous statistics of high profile kills, and Brennan's alleged construction of a "legal framework" for drones, as recently claimed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). Brennan's positives are easy to list: "More al Qaeda leaders and commanders have been removed from the battlefield than at any time since 9/11."He has applied his extensive influence to literally building" and leading the National Counter-terrorism Center, which entailed the coordination of various military, intelligence and civilian departments across the globe. In the process Brennan has become one of Obama's most trusted advisers, so close that, I don't think we have had a disagreement. "For the last four years," Obama announced from the East Room, "As my Adviser for Counter-terrorism and Homeland Security, John developed and has overseen our comprehensive counter terrorism strategy, a collaborative effort across the government, including intelligence and defense and homeland security,and law enforcement agencies." However this fantasy hits a steel wall in Yemen, where Brennan's promotion has been overwhelmingly negative for good reason, as he reinforces the single mindedness and unaccountability, that drives an assortment of US counter terrorism platforms being constructed around the nation. Brennan now inherits Petraeus's secret agreement with Yemen's former dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and was even deployed to Sana'a on multiple occasions during the country's ongoing revolution. He would assist Feierstein in facilitating the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) unpopular power sharing agreement, when a drone strike didn't require overseeing.