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06 Jan 2009 12:11 pm
Robert Baer On Panetta
Another supporter who sees the key rationale:
Leading Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee Jay
Rockefeller and Dianne Feinstein have already criticized the choice of
Panetta, claiming the CIA needs to be led by an experienced
intelligence professional. But right now political clout, and the
ability to be a strong advocate for the CIA, far outweighs the virtues
of being a professional spy, someone who knows the difference between a
"live drop" and a "dead drop." A professional from the ranks would be
eaten up by Hillary Clinton at State or Bob Gates at Defense. Or end up
like Bill Clinton's CIA Director Jim Woolsey, shut out of the White
House, ignored and irrelevant.
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