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PANETTA TO HEAD UP CIA….Apparently Barack Obama has chosen Leon Panetta to head the CIA. This is a pretty unconventional choice since Panetta has no intelligence experience, but David Corn is enthusiastic:
A CIA director who has denounced torture, advocated intelligence cuts, and backed greater congressional control of covert operations — that would be….different. This appointment certainly has the potential to spark opposition from inside and outside the agency. But if Panetta manages to make it to Langley without much fuss, that would indeed signal real change in Washington.
More about Panetta at the link. Panetta on torture here.
UPDATE: Feinstein and Rockefeller apparently aren’t very enthusiastic about this choice.
