Peter Bergen : President Obama has several qualified choices for replacing David Petraeus . He says some could face questions on CIA interrogation techniques , secret prisons . But he also said that the president would not be able to fill all of those positions with people who are loyal to him and his administration. It 's also not clear why Brennan would want the CIA job given the fact that in his present position he gets to see the president far more often than any CIA director , and from his windowless office in the basement of the West Wing of the White House , he has dominated U.S. counterterrorism policy on issues such as drones , Pakistan , Yemen and the hunt for al Qaeda 's leaders , including bin Laden . Other candidates include John Brennan , Michael Vickers and Jane Harman .
Peter Bergen : President Obama has several qualified choices for replacing David Petraeus . He says some could face questions on CIA interrogation techniques , secret prisons . But he also said that the president would not be able to fill all of those positions with people who are loyal to him and his administration. Other candidates include John Brennan , Michael Vickers and Jane Harman .