Is The White House Preparing To Purge The CIA?

White House Pushes Back Against Calls For CIA Purge -- Boston Globe/Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s spokesman Wednesday defended Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan against a call in Congress for his resignation, while refusing to say whether the president agreed with his contention that brutal interrogation methods saved lives.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Obama retains confidence in his CIA chief and rejected the suggestion by Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colorado, that Obama ‘‘purge’’ his administration of anyone connected to the torture of prisoners, as outlined in a Senate report released Tuesday.

‘‘The president continues to believe that the men and women of our intelligence community are dedicated patriots,’’ Earnest said.

The administration is confronting international and domestic blowback from revelations in the Senate document that terrorism suspects held by the CIA were treated more brutally than previously known. Techniques included forcing fluids into the rectum and being hung from iron bars, under a interrogation program that Obama ended in 2009.

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My Comment: There is now a growing push for the White House to purge the CIA .... CIA torture report: rights groups call for criminal investigation – as it happened (The Guardian). And even though the White House is publicly pushing back .... Obama Retains Confidence in CIA Chief: Earnest (Bloomberg) .... my instincts are telling me otherwise. My prediction .... CIA Director Brennan will keep his job .... but expect over the coming months a growing number of key CIA personnel resigning, retiring, and/or being replaced.