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My greatest recollection of Panetta is of his defense of Clinton's 1993 retroactive tax hike. Basically, the legislation passed in August but was retroactive to the first of the year. So, people suddenly discovered that they hadn't paid enough taxes from January thru August.
So, what does that have to do with Panetta? He defended the retroactive aspect with public statements that everyone should have set aside enough money because they should have known what was coming.
So, I think the guy is an a-hole. That might actually be a qualification for CIA director. He's obviously not afraid to piss of pretty much everyone.
I can only hope that he pisses of the lawless government operatives and lackeys.
I hope he doesn't decide to continue the bush spying/torture regime and piss of the few remaining civil liberties/rule of law aficionados.
My nightmare is that he renders bush, cheney, yoo, feinstein, etc. to gitmo and subjects them to the tender ministrations of Lynndie England. The nightmare aspect is that I'd be honor bound to protest the torture.
But wait!
Scalia says interrogation isn't torture! Maybe Lynndie can finally get to the truth about what those clowns did.
