To shape the intelligence on which policy is made, Obama has chosen Charles W. "Chas" Freeman to run the National Intelligence Council.(The Week)(Brief article)

To shape the intelligence on which policy is made, Obama has chosen Charles W. "Chas" Freeman to run the National Intelligence Council. A staunch critic of Israel and lackey for Saudi Arabia, Freeman argues that Americans "should examine ourselves" to understand what "caused" the 9/11 attacks. Appalling, but it pales next to Freeman's shilling for Communist China, which he faults only for failing to move swiftly enough in 1989 to crush democratic reformers at Tiananmen Square. "The truly unforgivable mistake of the Chinese authorities," wrote Freeman in a 2006 e-mail, "was the failure to intervene on a timely basis to nip the demonstrations ...