Panetta Gets Mixed Reaction From CIA Officials

ABC News ^ | Jan. 6, 2009 | LUIS MARTINEZ

[Malone LaVeigh]

Panetta was also praised by ex-CIA director George Tenet, according to a former intelligence official familiar with the views of the former CIA chief. The official said Tenet "believes Panetta is an excellent nomination."

Can't get a better endorsement than that. /sarc

[ryan71]

Prolly not there to run it. Rather, tear it down.

[Carley]

The trial balloon was deflated within minutes.

So much for the smooth transition.

[Sacajaweau]

Panetta will do whatever Bubba says...This IS the 3rd Bubba presidency.

Hillary must love her new position...All top secret!! The public will never know a gosh darn thing...except what they want to put out.

[theDentist]

“Either he’ll surprise us, or turn out to be exactly what we expect of him.”

[RexBeach]

Man, wait’ll Mitch Rapp hears about this!

[Colonel Kangaroo]

This promises to be the worst appointment to head an intelligence agency since Stalin installed Nikolai Yezhov to head the NKVD.

[sarasota]

That’s what I think. He’s a stool pigeon.

[Dr. Ursus]

I guess the Clinton’s finally got hold of Obama’s real birth
certificate?

[Yo-Yo]

Panetta will be welcomed with open arms by the “Valerie Plame” wing of the CIA.

[reagan_fanatic]

My guess is most in the CIA will bite their tongues until bloody rather than risk dismissal for criticizing this fool.

[Yo-Yo]

Hillary must love her new position...All top secret!! The public will never know a gosh darn thing...except what they want to put out.

Just like her first two terms as Shadow President. She had an office in the same wing as the President, and ran things while Slick was off not having sex.

[varon]

The Clintonites are amassing an awful lot of power.

Scary.

[Army Air Corps]

And I bet that Penetta gives more intel info to Hillary than to Odumbo.

[TexasCajun]

With Hillary as SoS and Panetta as CIA Director, ole Slick can keep his Arab and other muslim ‘foundation donors’ well informed.

[Not A Snowbird]

Another Clintonista. Is there a thought in Obama’s head that Bill and Hillary haven’t put there?

[NY.SS-Bar9]

I'm reading (actually listening to) Extreme Measures now.

Makes me look forward to the morning commute ;)

[Chgogal]

“The Clintonites are amassing an awful lot of power.
Scary.”

And they are not accountable to the electorate .

[advance_copy]

Leon Panetta was White House Chief of Staff while an intern was alone in the Oval Office showing her thong to the President of the United States. Can someone honestly tell me he didn’t know about that at the time? If not, why is he not too much the bungling nitwit to run CIA?

[Tallguy]

The Clintonites are amassing an awful lot of power.

Just wait until Obama crosses them on something, they the stuff will hit the fan. It'll happen after the opening scripted plays are through. Give it 6 to 9 months...