Gates is a LONG WAY from Confirmation .... LINK

[Blackhatjack]

This article by McGovern provides a good overview of what is likely to come out at Gates' confirmation hearing ..... and the last paragraph is very telling in predicting that Gates' past history will be fully exposed by the new DEM Committee Chair.

"All those quoted in the press yesterday and this morning regarding the Gates nomination seem blissfully unaware of this history – all, that is, but Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. Pointing out Gates' reputation for putting pressure on analysts to shape their conclusions to fit administration policies, Holt told the press yesterday that the nomination is "deeply troubling," and stressed that the confirmation hearings "should be thorough and probing."

LINK -- http://www.antiwar.com/mcgovern/?articleid=9988

Gates is a long way from home on his confirmation....