I was glad that Chas Freeman withdrew his nomination to the National Intelligence Council.  But after hearing NPR's All Thing's Considered I realized that the liberal media was not going to give you the real story.  Mr Freeman was US ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992.  He then succeeded Sen George ( I surrender ) Mc Govern on the Middle East Policy Council.  Mr Freeman's critics said he was too close to Saudi Arabia and China to be on the National Intelligence Council.  Plus Chas Freeman was anti-Isreal.  On NPR Mr Freeman claims he never took money from the Saudis and blames the Isreal lobby.  According to Newsmax , Mr Freeman was one of the authors of the National  Intelligence Estimate that claimed Iran was no longer trying to obtain a nuclear weapon.  This is the Democratic version of the Valerie Plaine affair.  President Obama, a known appeaser, wanted  someone who would "cook the books" on the NIC.  Then Obama could cuddle up to America's enemies, like Iran, with less opposition.