Leon Panetta to head the CIA?
Been reading that Obama is planning on naming Leon Panetta head of the CIA.
A while back I did a series of posts on basically what happened when the security of the United States was wonked to death by people more interested in internal policies than doing what was necessary to protect us. Basically, the root of the problem as I saw it was that lawyers ran the CIA and FBI instead of security people like the military. This wonking led to 9/11 and the Iraq War. Not to fear everyone said, Obama believes in a strong national security. That was said while Obama was signing onto legislation banning cluster bombs. Now, we get the icing on the cake, Obama is a assigning a man who once was the Director of the Office of Civil Rights. Nowhere in his resume, other than a brief stint in the military, do we see anything advocating national security. We do see him advocating civil rights 25 years after the civil rights movements of the 60’s. We do see him doing everything he can to prevent off-shore drilling. We do see him advocating more entitlement programs. I see a lot of things Leon Panetta can be great at. And, I do mean great. But, to put him in charge of the CIA sends a message I am not comfortable with at all. It’s telling me that the policies of Jamie Gorelick and Bill Clinton/Janet Reno are back.
Tell me what you think.
[...] while back I bitched and moaned about Obama’s seeming attacks on the CIA and appointing a guy who has advocated rights moreso than security in charge. What I was getting at is it seemed he was making the huge mistake Bill Clinton made [...]