Brennan Chosen for CIA After Overcoming Interrogation Criticism

Four years in President Barack Obama’s White House and a role in overseeing the killing of Osama bin Laden have helped CIA Director-nominee John Brennan overcome a political taint from agency use of interrogation methods that once doomed his prospects for the job.

Republican lawmakers focused instead yesterday on national security leaks as likely questions for Brennan’s confirmation hearings while human-rights advocates concentrated on the Obama administration’s use of drone attacks for targeted killings after his nomination was announced.