2 Bush Officials In Running To Be Next Head Of FBI

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Two officials who worked for President George W. Bush, including one who threatened to resign to block legally questionable anti-terror surveillance, have a realistic chance of being asked to head the FBI, according to people familiar with the search.

James Comey and Kenneth Wainstein served in sensitive national security-related posts at the Justice Department in the Bush administration. That could make for interesting confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee if President Barack Obama selects either to succeed FBI Director Robert Mueller. His 10-year, nonrenewable term expires Sept. 4.

Their service as political appointees under a Republican president is a key factor in explaining the rise of Comey and Wainstein in the search. The Obama administration faces an expanded Republican minority in the Senate with the votes to seriously complicate the confirmation prospects of any nominee who draws their united opposition.

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Insiders say the president will want to consider female candidates. Jamie Gorelick, a former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, has been mentioned as one.

Obama's primary goal is to find a nominee who is viewed as a heavy hitter on the terrorism issues the FBI faces, one insider said.

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I never trusted the CIA but I did trust the FBI - now, shrug - we will see

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1. with all the bush enablers being offered jobs will bush be back too? nt

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3. Yes...Jeb in Jan2016. BushInc never leaves. Not in the 90s. And still the big power in DC today.

They just allow Obama to tweak a social policy every now and then, as long as it doesn't interrupt their road to fascism.

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2. Poppy Bush has been in control of CIA and FBI since Nixon. The only time he got a scare was during

BCCI-IranContra-Iraqgate investigations. A Dem president helped him get past those scares.

I am never surprised anymore when Dem presidents appoint Bush-enablers and insiders to very powerful positions.