Remember when Obama nominated Panetta to head the CIA and there were criticisms about how someone with no real intelligence experience could head the agency? The CIA has been bashed around a lot what with 9/11 and WMD in Iraq. How kindly are CIA agents going to take having the Speaker of the House accusing the CIA of lying, excuse me, misleading Congress? She's accused them of breaking the law. How will Leon Panetta, a former Democratic congressman and colleague of Nancy Pelosi react? Is he going to protect his agency by defending their briefings or is he going to try and thread this very small needle to keep protecting Nancy Pelosi's rapidly diminishing credibility?
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He was put the to protect the Democrats.
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Actually it appears in a note circulated to CIA employees and the press that the thump we heard this morning was Director Panetta basically calling his former pal a liar. For the life of me during the former fascist type regime I simply don't remember the head of the CIA implying that the Speaker of the House was lying. This must be transformative politics in action where Pres Obama treats both parties with dignity and respect until he really needs that kidney for a transplant.
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Clarification Skay, he was put there to protect Obama.
Well Panetta didn't throw anybody under the bus but he has pushed them out into the traffic.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0509/Panetta_to_CIA_employees_We_told_Pelosi_the_truth.html?showall
He is going to protect his fief. Apparently someone has realized that with a Democrat majority in the House, Pelosi is expendable and replacable.
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