President-Elect Obama has just announced that he has picked Democrat Leon Panetta for Director of the CIA. Leon served as White House Chief of Staff to Bill Clinton, and before that was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1976 to 1993. Panetta took part in the 2006 Iraq Study Group. –Matt
Wikipedia for Leon Panetta here.
"He has no experience in the intelligence field, but did take part in the 2006 Iraq Study Group."
Not entirely true
Read farther down the wiki entry.
"Panetta was instrumental in creating CSU Monterey by converting Fort Ord, where he was chief of operations and planning of the intelligence section when he was in the army, into the university. "
Comment by Da Buffalo Amongst W — Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 11:30 AM
Thanks for the heads up, and I corrected it. Cheers.
Comment by headjundi — Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:29 PM