Barack Obama has appointed Leon Panetta to head the CIA. This is a very interesting appointment. Ed Morrissey has an article posted at Hot Air commenting on the appointment:
"Even the notion of "change" doesn't apply here. Obama has no executive experience in government, and neither does Panetta, but Panetta hardly represents a breath of fresh air in Washington. He's another Clinton-era retread, only in this case, put in charge of an organization about which he knows nothing. He's there to exercise Obama's political will and nothing more.
Obama deserves the benefit of the doubt on his political appointments, but this is one selection that should get a lot of scrutiny from Congress. If Obama wants a political hatchet man in a high-level appointment, have Panetta run OMB -- or Commerce, where there's a late opening. America deserves the benefit of experience and wisdom in the position of CIA director."
One of the things to consider here is the fact that anyone with any connections to the current CIA would have been strongly opposed by the political left. Remember, the Patriot Act and other measures that have kept us safe for the last eight years were not popular with the political left. Another thing to consider is the fact that for the past eight years, the CIA and the State Department have waged on undeclared war on the Bush administration through leaks of classified information and other tactics. Barack Obama might be wise to appoint someone he knows will be an ally to lead the CIA.
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