Has has experience water boarding the scum of the Earth, I say keep'em!

Keep Hayden, Bush over time got rid of the deadweight like George Tenet, Rumsfeld, General Abizaid, General Casey, and General Sanchez and replaced them with some of the nations best and brightest like General Petraeus, General Odierno, and SoD Gates.

It took years for Bush to find the best and brightest for fighting modern wars and keeping the nation safe, they have done a good job in their current positions and they should stay where they are.

I think it would be a terrible mistake to retain the two intelligence chiefs. They were just too happy to collaborate with the Bush teams' illegal moves against our privacy. Also, I do not believe that the top political appointees are so critical to maintaining our national security, after all it is the agencies' analysts that provide the value in intelligence, not the political appointees.

Steve,
You mean the same "moves against our privacy" that Obama "promised" to filibuster when it came up in the senate and then voted for it!!!

It's great to see that President-Elect Obama is living in reality. We were viciously attacked by the Jihadists on 9/11 and continue to plot against our country. Bush made some disasterous errors early on, but eventually brought a top-notch National Security team forward. Keeping Gates was a critically important move and appointing Hillary was the best possible choice (her realism and hawkishness when necessary are valuable). Keeping McConnell and Hayden would be key - and would demonstrate to the terrorists and other international criminals that a President Obama means business. 9/11 was a tragedy and there can be no fairy tales that we can negotiate or practice a very open diplomacy with terrorist organizations.

could I have my Mea Culpa in advance please...but all this guy needs is a monocle and he could go on HOGAN HERO'S,,,,saw him on Charlie Rose ....has got the mannerism's down pat.....

Democrats are too friggin corrupt and busy taking money to protect this country..Obamas inaugual theme:"I AM NOT A CROOK", hats and t-shirts will be handed out later

I hope the Senate Dems can see beyond their noses with Obama's decisions.

We need to remove all of the top Bush's intelligence and law enforcement officials of every department and agency. We just had enough of the "good-old boy system" - Corruption is prevalent at the top, it is why we see too many low level federal law enforcement officers getting arrested for corruption. However, lately we are seeing some top level intelligence officials getting convicted such as former CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo who pled guilty on September 29, 2008. Leaders must lead by example.

So where are all the usual liberal bloggers out here to rant and rave about how anyone associated with the Bush administration is just a worst possible person on the planet. Especially anyone even remotely connect to the intel community!

Come On now boys & girls....looks like your PAL is figuring it out despite your rantings & Michael Moore Conspiracy Theories!

Keep The Country Safe !!!

These men have done nothing but find new ways to violate your rights. They are THE LEAST TRUSTWORTHY, of the Bush bozos. I hope Barack remembers his days as a professor of Constitutional Law, and join Russ Feingold in expelling all the enemies of freedom that Bush employed.

"You mean the same "moves against our privacy" that Obama "promised" to filibuster when it came up in the senate and then voted for it!"

I'd self-identify as a liberal and I respect Obama for that vote. He's not into worthless gestures, he'll hold his nose and vote for a compromise when it is the best he can get. Better to settle for a compromise than get nothing but a reputation as a maverick - who never gets anything done.

These men have done nothing but find new ways to violate your rights. They are THE LEAST TRUSTWORTHY, of the Bush bozos. I hope Barack remembers his days as a professor of Constitutional Law, and join Russ Feingold in expelling all the enemies of freedom that Bush employed.

Give me Liberty! I will gladly risk all any any terrorists attacks and retain my rights. "Give me Liberty of Give me Death" the man said.

It's sweet to see democrats admitting Bush was right.

These guys have kept our country safe since 9/11. THEY MUST BE GOTTEN RID OF!!

OMG, Obama is Bush Lite!

It is no new thing to keep a CIA Director.

jhw539,
I'm not exactly sure he would have been labeled a "maverick" for voting against it...he would have voted with the 28 other democrats that also voted against it. That's not "Mavericky"
The point being he vowed to the left wing to filibuster and then went back on his pledge.

It is a good idea to retain these two heads, we have been kept safe because of there, and the presidents actions, no matter how much you disagree with them, they have worked. and I sure don't feel like my rights have been violated any I challenge someone to post a personal experience they had(not a "I'm sure they listened to me when I called my Grandmother") but an actual personal experience they had where there rights were violated by the NSA Surveillance program

Dude, Where's My Change?------ Isn't this what you were told all along during the campaign??? Were you sleeping, or what?

Replace them and hire them for consultants during the six month transition. During that time maybe the replacements will be able to present criminal charges against Hayden.