https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/14/charting-a-post-petraeus-cia/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:11:16 -0400<![CDATA[Petraeus was picked for the job, and eager to take it, partly because the White House believed that in an era of counterterrorism, the CIA’s traditional mission of stealing secrets was morphing into a wider role that increasingly stressed paramilitary covert action. &#8230;]]>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:45:36 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/14/charting-a-post-petraeus-cia-n97454