MEET THE NEW BOSS, YADA YADA: Obama preserves renditions as counter-terrorism tool. “The role of the CIA’s controversial prisoner-transfer program may expand, intelligence experts say. . . . the Obama administration appears to have determined that the rendition program was one component of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism that it could not afford to discard.” And “human rights” groups are already covering for Obama, something that has not escaped notice. More on that flipflopping here, complete with before-and-after statements. (Bumped).