The appointment Leon Panetta, a Clintonite (as are a large number of Obama appointments), has been much decried by conservatives, but I don't see that this appointment is so bad.
First, the CIA can't go much lower. They were already less of a data collection agency and more of an agency with a political agenda. The partisan Panetta will not change that.
Second, maybe, just maybe, Panetta will come to see the dangers of domestic and international terrorism and finally convince some on the left that a police approach is inadequate to fight terrorism.
Third, I imagine Panetta will be spending much of his time trying to learng how the CIA functions, and maybe he will come to the conclusion that the agency has become overly populated with bureaucrats.
Of course, I am not holding my breath, and maybe the exact opposite will happen with each of the three points.
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