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Glenn,
I am a great admirer of your logic and look forward to your blog daily. That
is why I am all the more mystified at you and others that seem to be hung
up on the torture/rendition issue when it comes to the CIA and the intel
community. This issue only covers about 2% of what the intel community
deals with.
Don't read me wrong. I am in total agreement that these policies were not
only criminal, and NOT EVEN REMOTELY in the US's best interests, but why
is the appointment of a true intelligence professional out of the question,
when it comes to the new DCIA. Applauding Panetta in this job makes about
as much sense as Rumsfeld in the Pentagon. Panetta is a capable person,
but not in this realm, Clinton shared similar illusions about John Deutch,
I predict the same results if he's confirmed. Obama needed to find someone
in the intel community that was not of the political and torture realm, there
were plenty there, they just weren't vetted. And given the absolute importance
of this office, that's a great loss for America. It didn't have to be either or.
