[Russ]

Panetta has said many times that he will take "torture" off the board and treat our captives with respect. In otherwords our methods for obtaining vital information on future attacks will dry up and leave the country more at risk. The wiretapping will cease which is a signal to the terrorists that they win.

How is that a good choice for CIA director? By the end of his first term Obama and his fellow travelers will have successfully dismantled our intelligence gathering capabilities. Next comes NSA and the FBI...

[CharlesWayneCT]

If Obama is against torture, he wasn’t going to allow the CIA to do it in any case, and if Panneta is really against torture and is picked for the CIA it’s because that’s what Obama wants.

I’m more worried about whether Panetta has the ability to do the job than I am about his personal views. I presume everybody will be made to toe the Obama line, and we will suffer because of it.

I can only hope that we’ve tortured enough people already that we have the information we need, or that enough people distrust the USA that they will assume Obama and Panetta are lying and will be afraid of being tortured.