Interesting quote from Andrew Sullivan article related about Freeman nomination as Director of National Intelligence Council:

Obama may bring change in many areas, but there is no possibility of change on the Israel-Palestine question. Having the kind of debate in America that they have in Israel, let alone Europe, on the way ahead in the Middle East is simply forbidden. Even if a president wants to have differing sources of advice on many questions, the Congress will prevent any actual, genuinely open debate on Israel. More to the point: the Obama peeps never defended Freeman. They were too scared. The fact that Obama blinked means no one else in Washington will ever dare to go through the hazing that Freeman endured. And so the chilling effect is as real as it is deliberate.

Salon.com also has an article reporting about this, but major news outlet muted.

NYT reporting not until Freeman withdrew from nomination

(updated 090312) Washington Post editorial put blame on Freeman while the reader differ with that assessment

Recorded report from Al-Jazeera:

(updated 090313) NYT has a report about this

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