What the Panetta appointment means

Hot Air ^ | January 6, 2009 10:57 am | Ed Morrissey

[camas]

so true, so true, June of 86

[Texas Eagle]

Among Carter, Clinton, and Obama, it’s going to be a tough call as to who was the worst. I say give it to all three.

[pankot]

And there is a rumor he makes a good pizza.

[ully2]

BYE BYE CIA.

[japaneseghost]

Nope. Why do you think Obama went to Pakistan on an Indonesian passport? Maybe to work/help the CIA?

Anybody here researched the Church Commission?

[TigersEye]

Fact Sheet: Extraordinary Rendition (12/6/2005)
ACLU.org

The current policy traces its roots to the administration of former President Bill Clinton.

The ACLU might lie about a lot of things but would they lie about that?

Did Leon Panetta know about 'extraordinary renditions' under Clinton?
Telegraph - Alex Spillius at Jan 6, 2009

But according to one former agent, Michael Scheuer, the extraordinary rendition programme that has so tainted the agency during the Bush administration actually began in the Clinton administration, when Panetta would, or should, have been fully aware of it.

[Cindy]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4DFEB189-8BA8-460D-9066-924FED28B5C9

“Intelligence Failure”
By Ralph Peters
New York Post | Thursday, January 08, 2009

SNIPPET: “WOULD you ask your accountant to perform brain surgery on your child? That’s the closest analogy I can find to the choice of Democratic Party hack Leon Panetta to head the CIA.

Earth to President-elect Obama: Intelligence is serious.”