Panetta’s CIA

3:02 pm EST June 14th, 2009 | News | 7 Comments

I still support the idea of a non-spook running the CIA, at this point we don’t need an agency sympathizer smoothing over reform. But after reading this piece I wonder if Leon Panetta hasn’t already been compromised by insiders. I understand why the Obama administration may feel they need to move past the abuses of the Bush administration, but I strongly disagree with them on it. Bush and his policies have still left a major black mark on the American people. At the very least we should have a full accounting of the policies and people who broke the law in his regime. Panetta seems at best to be ambivalent about this, as is the President. They shouldn’t be.

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7 Responses to “Panetta’s CIA”

  1. FreeDem says:
    June 14, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    Without prosecution, the past is not just prologue it is precedence!

  2. Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle says:
    June 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm

    And what really sucks is that everyone said Panetta has unimpeachable credibility before.

  3. jr says:
    June 14, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    beltway hive mentality

  4. Jay says:
    June 14, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Or maybe all of that “breaking the law” nonsense was a bunch of political hacks talking out of their asses.

  5. Oliver Willis says:
    June 14, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Hey Jay, maybe it was — perhaps we should look into it, eh?

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    June 14, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    I’m not about to trust a department head – regardless of party – to look into his own department’s misconduct.

  7. Duros62 says:
    June 15, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    Panetta, the democrat with the “unimpeachable credibility” did look into it, and found….nothing.

    Heh. Only if you keep your eyes closed really tight.