Most ethical administration evah grants ethics waiver to top intel official

President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, John O. Brennan, will lead the White House review of intelligence community information practices and aviation security, even though he was CEO of the private company the government used to help manage a key terrorism database before he joined the administration.

In response to questions about Brennan’s potential conflict of interest, White House ethics counsel Norm Eisen has issued a waiver for Brennan, official said…

A lawyer for the National Security Council said in a brief interview that Brennan no longer held any financial stake in the company, from which he resigned before joining Obama’s transition team.