Shortage of Intelligence characterizes Obamacon HomoSociliast 4th Reich... Ohso.

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Obama's intel picks short on direct experience

By PAMELA HESS Associated Press Writer 01/05/2009

WASHINGTON—President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat's intention for a clean break from Bush...

Former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, an eight-term congressional veteran and administrative expert, is being tapped to head the CIA... and Obama's own policies and priorities...


Panetta could face tough questions at his nomination hearing about his background in intelligence. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who will chair the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Monday she was surprised by the pick, and neither was informed nor consulted.


"I know nothing about this, other than what I've read," she said. "My position has consistently been that I believe the agency is best served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time."



A former senior CIA official who advises Obama defended the surprise choice of Panetta, who has no direct intelligence experience beyond a two-year stint in the mid-1960s as a U.S. Army lieutenant.



The official said Panetta had been a consumer of CIA intelligence...He said he was selected for his administrative, management and political skills...