As for assigning responsibility for his withdrawal, I think the ultimate arbiter has to be Brennan himself, and he was quite open in blaming his online critics. The broad belief that they were responsible was later independently confirmed by an AP source who said:–M.P. MacConnell
Brennan had no ulterior motive for whining about the “netroots”? And everything you read in the papers, and specifically provided by some anonymous source to the AP, is true? But Glenn Greenwald sits in an easy chair so what the hell does he know? You’re a riot, Mr. MacConnell. No really, you’re not making any sense whatsoever.





