Daily Beast: Leon Panetta’s an incompetent moron who’s jeopardizing U.S. security

The CIA made it clear early on that they did not want this political hack (with no intelligence experience) running the agency:

Comment: CIA Insiders Issue Political Threats Against Obama, Panetta
January 8, 2009 ·
http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/02-32/

Directors it perceives as outsiders, has already “shown signs of refusing to cooperate with the incoming Administration”. This is now becoming clearer, as numerous CIA sources come forward to sharply denounce Panetta’s nomination and, in some cases, even hurtle political threats at the Obama Administration and its nominee. In one such case, a “former intelligence official” speaking to The Washington Post reminded Obama and Panetta that “many of the people Panetta will be expected to lead [at the CIA] would have participated in implementing [torture-based] interrogation polic[ies]“. Another “former senior official” warned Obama and Panetta to “think twice about pledges they make now [about the handling of terrorism detainees] because they may come back to haunt them in the future if some dire circumstances occur”.

All Obama wanted was some yes man to keep the lid on leaks and cover his a$$ for any intelligence mistakes.

Unfortunately putting politics before country puts American citizens at risk,not our Hustler and Chief who will be safe as a baby should another attack occur due to their incompetence.

Cheney spent the last few months calling the Obama administration out on these types of ignorant moves dealing with intelligence and the War on Terror.

Nothing will vindicate Bush/Cheney more than the disastrous Presidency of Barack Obama.

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM

This is gigantic. The only people who could screw up a gift like this are………are………are……..

Republicans.

>sigh<

drjohn on August 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM

Dam# it hurts to admit it…but you are right.

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 10:12 PM

Eh, well, FDR essentially declared war on businesses too…

Upstater85 on August 19, 2009 at 10:01 PM

You are right.

Maybe I should have posted this instead:

So how are all of those FDR God,JFK,and Lincoln comparisons going liberals.

Better?

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 10:15 PM

Can you imagine the morale there? I am feeling a general lack of respect for those who try to keep the country safe, from the local level all the way to the CIA.

Cindy Munford on August 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM

Morale has got to be beyond bad.
I think in just 6 months, the CIA probably hates Obama and his lackey’s with a passion:

The CIA’s Fight With Obama
By Jack Kelly
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/05/the_cias_fight_with_obama_96333.html

The CIA’s war against President Bush was motivated by ass covering, or by political partisanship. But with President Obama, it’s personal.

Many are furious about his disclosure of explicit details of the interrogation methods used on some al Qaida bigwigs, and his waffling on whether or not those who employed them will be subject to prosecution.

Other Western intelligence services regard the Obama administration with contempt and rising concern,

….

“All of us in our little community are worried — us, our friends in Berlin, London, Tel Aviv,” the DGSE officer told Jack. “It is not like the barbarians at the gates. It is every barbarian horde in the world being told there are no gates.”

Obama Administration to Release Detainee Abuse Photos; Former CIA Official Says Former Colleagues ‘Don’t Believe They Have Cover Anymore’
April 24, 2009 10:23 AM
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/obama-adminis-3.html

Even though President Obama has announced that the Justice Department will not prosecute CIA officers who were operating within the four corners of what they’d been told was the law, Lowenthal says members of the CIA are worried. “They feel exposed already, and this is going to increase drumbeat for an investigation or a commission” to explore detainee treatment during the Bush years, he said. “It’s going to make it much harder to resist, and they fear they’re then going to be thrown over.

Of course now we know that Holder is probably going to appoint a special prosecutor to go after CIA agents to satisfy his left wing idiots.

Those in intelligence are “gong to become increasingly wary about doing dangerous things,” Lowenthal said. “They feel at the end of the day they won’t be covered. It’s not irreparable right now, but it’s problematic.”

There is no doubt what-so-ever that we are less safe under the Obama administration.

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 10:37 PM

I think between the probable Special Prosecutor and those stupid stupid pictures, we have much to worry about. And I don’t think it will net him the political benefits that his cronies believe it will. There will be no winners.

Cindy Munford on August 19, 2009 at 10:49 PM

You are absolutely right.

Unfortunately history shows this type of incompetent leadership costs lives, so even though there will be no winners,there will certainly be losers.

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Makes me want to scream.

Cindy Munford on August 19, 2009 at 10:59 PM

That’s why liberals have to re-write history, because none of their ideology makes sense when put into perspective and made to pass the test of reality.

This is why you get that brainwashed look of stupidity when talking to a liberal about the “glorious hippy days of the 60′s and how they stopped the war”,then you have to reveal to them that over 3 million people were brutally murdered while Jane Fonda and her liberal friends were bragging about their “victory”.

They never get that part of history from their liberal professors.

Baxter Greene on August 19, 2009 at 11:14 PM

However, story after story comes out that just makes me feel that I should look elsewhere, like NYPD’s counter terror unit

blatantblue on August 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM

You also might want to look up “COLDWARRIOR” on this subject.
He posts here a pretty good bit and I believe has extensive history with Central Intelligence.

Baxter Greene on August 20, 2009 at 12:24 AM