Big Rumor: Leon Panetta Resigns from CIA?<br>Nope: CIA Spokesman Denies

Big Rumor: Leon Panetta Resigns from CIA?
Nope: CIA Spokesman Denies

Denial: Spence Ackerman called, and got right on through, as he's a lefty:

“This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little.

Incidentally, Erick Erickson checked his spam folder and he has an email from the CIA spokesman, too, saying it's not true.

Seems to quash the rumor. Unless it's so hush-hush at this point that not even the CIA spokesman knows about it, but in that case, how did Erick Erickson get tipped?

Thanks to Gabe for that update.

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Only a rumor, only a rumor.

Still, it's big enough to link. It's from RedState.

I’m hearing a very credible rumor that Leon Panetta has dispatched a resignation letter to Barack Obama on vacation.
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The rumor is unconfirmed, but given the sourcing I think it is safe to treat it credibly.

Thanks to Gabe.

Who's Left? Cautiously Pessimistic writes what I was just going to--

Any bets on who replaces him? An ACORN founder, or avowed communist, maybe?

Don't forget "union stooge."

Or...

I've got the perfect person.

Sandy Berger.

Thanks to Ben for that.

Background: In case you missed it, Drudge and everyone else linked this ABCNews story reporting a profanity-filled screaming fight between Panetta and some of Obama's toadies. and the threat -- threat -- of resignation.

Thanks to A.G. for providing the link.

Posted by: Ace at 03:20 PM

Comments

I have to give credit where it's due. Panetta must have some personal integrity.

Posted by: MarkD at August 26, 2009 03:22 PM (MMy4A)

2 Take us to Spin Factor Kajillion, Mr. Gibbs.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:23 PM (B+qrE)

Leon Panetta is such a swarthy, greasy, dark-complexioned hate-monger.

If he disses Obama like this, then I will NEVER blow him.

NEVER.

Posted by: The MEGALISCIOUS Meghan McCain at August 26, 2009 03:24 PM (VRZ7Z)

4
Made bet with myself saying he won't last a year.
If the rumor is true.
Wonder how it will be before Hilary says "Fuck it I'm outta here".

Posted by: YIKES! at August 26, 2009 03:24 PM (tFrIQ)

"Take us to Spin Factor Kajillion, Mr. Gibbs."

Liquid awesome.

Posted by: El Kabong at August 26, 2009 03:25 PM (0BPlb)

6 If true, the CIA is done until the next administration. Any bets on who replaces him? An ACORN founder, or avowed communist, maybe?

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at August 26, 2009 03:25 PM (pZEar)

7 Good time to do it while Kennedy's death is dominating the news.

Posted by: ArandomPerson at August 26, 2009 03:26 PM (MSMPS)

8 Great, now they can offer the job to Bill!

Or, no one. That seems to be SOP.

Posted by: mesablue at August 26, 2009 03:26 PM (U5a3G)

9 I'm ready for me close-up, Ace!

Posted by: Flaming Skull at August 26, 2009 03:26 PM (4Kl5M)

10 Zero can't be blamed for this fiasco. He was assured that Panetta was without morals, scruples, or principles. He was obviously not vetted properly.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:26 PM (OlN4e)

OOOOOWEEEE! I feel like a right wing pig in red meat. please be true, please be true, please be true!! snort! snort!

Could Panetta be a liberal, Dem in tha classic sense of the blah, blah, blah?

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2009 03:26 PM (1B81L)

I could have been CIA director if I wanted it. I chose Vice President. Sorry to see Leo go.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 26, 2009 03:27 PM (m2CN7)

13 I, of course, blame Bush.

Posted by: lorien1973 at August 26, 2009 03:27 PM (IhQuA)

14 Drudge headlined the link to the abc story Monday.

Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House By MATTHEW COLE, RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
August 24, 2009

Posted by: maverick muse at August 26, 2009 03:27 PM (F1b/5)

15 I think Hildebeast will give Zero her resignation by Christmas Festivous.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:29 PM (OlN4e)

16 I've lost track. Is there a CIA Czar?

Posted by: jAYNE at August 26, 2009 03:29 PM (RqRiW)

17 Stand by for the denouncement by Howard Dean for undermining America

Posted by: vai2112 at August 26, 2009 03:29 PM (9eb2k)

18 Not even a Panetta could swallow what Obama's dishing out? Yikes, if true. I mean YIKES! I guess Panetta is getting away from the bus before Rahm et al. get all grabby.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 26, 2009 03:29 PM (JamGx)

19 I will gladly eat my words if this is true. Figured the whole thing was make-believe to give him some cover. If he really is hitting the EJECT button in protest of hussein and holder's witch hunt, good on him.

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 03:30 PM (Haq+B)

20 MOST COMPETENT ADMINISTRATION EVAH!!!

Posted by: wherestherum at August 26, 2009 03:30 PM (gofDd)

21 This is shaping up to be A REAL GOOD WEEK for Barry to go on vacation.
Who's next? Hillary?

Posted by: GarandFan at August 26, 2009 03:30 PM (qKTIT)

22 Are you ready for CIA Director Ayers?

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:31 PM (OlN4e)

23 Well its going to be hard to convince the sleeping 1/3rd of the country that things are running smoothly with Panetta's going ballistic. So, the resignation will not be accepted. This Holder investigation coming when it did - after the Obamacare plan faced the death panel and was judged unworthy - is political payback. Timing such as this is never a mere coincidence. Panetta is playing his hole card.

Posted by: joe at August 26, 2009 03:31 PM (rf1Kd)

24 I see another flaming skull lurking around the corner.

Posted by: phoenixrisen at August 26, 2009 03:31 PM (ihWM2)

I have to give credit where it's due. Panetta must have some personal integrity.

also, apparently i've been running around as a huckabee sockpuppet for a couple days. (failed to change the nick back, didn't notice.)

so, if that's true, um, that was me, and not the actual mike huckabee.

that is all.

Posted by: jdub at August 26, 2009 03:32 PM (t9pKb)

26
6 If true, the CIA is done until the next administration. Any bets on who replaces him? An ACORN founder, or avowed communist, maybe?

You're correct to assume if this rumor is true, this is bad. The CIA would start leaking secretes like a kitchen strainer. Agents will die. I hope Panetta has the balls to stay in place and fight the good fight.

Posted by: Dang at August 26, 2009 03:32 PM (0kuJD)

27 If it's true I give Panetta props for doing the right thing.

Posted by: MrsPaulsSwimmingFishSticks at August 26, 2009 03:33 PM (iYbLN)

28 Is it my imagination, or is this administration having a difficult time filling posts?

Posted by: GarandFan at August 26, 2009 03:33 PM (qKTIT)

29 Panetta is a racist who doesn't want to be under The Black Man. I, on the other had, looooooooooooove to be a bottom.

Posted by: palin steele at August 26, 2009 03:33 PM (VmtE9)

30 He'll appoint Andy Stern of SEIU based on his ~~misusing union dues to get me elected~~ long history in the intelligence community.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2009 03:33 PM (RD7QR)

After the bruising they gave W, you would have thought B.O. would have been a little more reluctant to eff with the CIA.

Posted by: Matt at August 26, 2009 03:34 PM (ecpMe)

32 I hope the spooks start spilling some beans.

Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (K8FQM)

33 I have already picked out the new drapes for my office. Suck it Amerikkka!

Posted by: Bil Ayers at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (DRI1t)

34 That's a shame... I liked her in "Heroes"

Posted by: steve at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (jgf/E)

35 Like I said ten years ago, I should be running this place

Posted by: Valerie Plame at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (4Kl5M)

The man and the hour have met...

I give you John Kerry the NEW DCIA!

Posted by: newguy40 at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (kduZC)

37
If this is in fact true, then Leon Panetta can be replaced by another liberal squeakhole, Little Tommy Daschole, or the more qualified, Kirsten Powers, she of the great tits and shapely ass.

Posted by: Fish at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (FnA4R)

38 Am I the only one finding the palin steele sockpupetting a bit tiresome?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (B+qrE)

39 So, maybe now we'll see some college transcripts (i'm guess solid 'C' work) and maybe a long-form b.c. that proves he's a bastard?

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 03:35 PM (Haq+B)

Maybe this is all just another Glen Beck conpriracy?

And megaliscious is fucked-up!

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2009 03:36 PM (1B81L)

41 Who will replace him? Eugenicist? Hispanic racist? Tax cheat? Former PLO operative? Former WUO operative? Maxwell Smart?

Posted by: Crusty at August 26, 2009 03:36 PM (GvSpB)

I give you John Kerry the NEW DCIA!

I see your John Kerry and raise you a Wes Clark.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:36 PM (B+qrE)

43 Markie Marxist sez: "That damned Panetta is not a good communist! It's like he's got integrity or something!"

Posted by: Chas at August 26, 2009 03:37 PM (yjDfo)

He got tired of carrying water for the nutroots.

He is an honest guy and simply had enough. He is also honorable enough to not say anything. Sad, the lefties win again. When will the country realize we are in a revolution with these people just like in Venezuela?

2010 we gotta win!

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at August 26, 2009 03:37 PM (2+9Yx)

45 Joe Wilson for head of the CIA, he's got Nigerian Yellow Cake on lockdown bitches

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:37 PM (wuv1c)

46 There are only so many union stooges out there to hire.

What is Wesley Clark doing these days?

Posted by: kefka at August 26, 2009 03:37 PM (udoJ3)

I've got the perfect person.

Sandy Berger.

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (wuv1c)

CIA Director Joe Wilson. Vanity Fair covers for all undercover agents!

Posted by: El Kabong at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (0BPlb)

49 he's already familiar with where they keep all the secret documents

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (wuv1c)

50 I look good in a trench coat.

Posted by: 'Boy' George O'Dowd at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (4Kl5M)

If true, the CIA is done until the next administration. Any bets on who replaces him? An ACORN founder, or avowed communist, maybe?

Cindy Sheehan isn't getting much play lately. If she's cheated on her taxes, I'd say she'd be a stong contender.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (plsiE)

52 I'd like to think he has integrity, but I'm envisioning Panetta sitting at his desk, feet up, thinking he's a super cool spy guy now. In fact, he's head of all the spy guys. It's sort of like being James Bond's boss. He secretly calls himself triple six and is wondering when he might get a chance to use his new super sleuth ring . . . And, just when he has everything he's ever wanted, these asshats come along and decide to mess up his gig?! He ain't gonna stand for this crap!

Posted by: estee at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (ZYXcw)

53 I read something about this a couple days ago. Panetta was denying it, but apparently he was really pissed off the way the Administration was treating the CIA, and taking away the power of the CIA to conduct investigations/interrogations of terrorists and giving it to the FBI... Which is part of the DOJ... Which is head by Eric Holder.

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 03:39 PM (7a1cG)

He got tired of carrying water for the nutroots.

2010 we gotta win!

Kemp

Obligatory Disclaimer: I know some people don't like Beck...

But apparently glenn is having an expose on Obama's coming Civilian Defense Force which he spoke about in a a speech that no one really bothered talking about. The one where he said we need a civillian force as big and well funded as the military. might want to check that out.

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:40 PM (wuv1c)

I see your John Kerry and raise you a Wes Clark.

Stop. Please. I don't want to see where this ends up. I don't want to live in the country where this ends up.

Posted by: jdub at August 26, 2009 03:40 PM (t9pKb)

56 Hillary will be out within a year. She will need to get started on her presidential campaign for 2012.

Posted by: cranky-d at August 26, 2009 03:40 PM (x3QAJ)

57 here's the link to the previous story...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8398902

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 03:42 PM (7a1cG)

The one where he said we need a civillian force as big and well funded as the military.

I am dead-ass certain that isn't in the deficit numbers either.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:42 PM (B+qrE)

If Panetta resigns, Carl in Jerusalem thinks that Obama will try to replace him with Chas Freeman.

In the end, there will be only chaos (and yadda, yadda, yadda).

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at August 26, 2009 03:42 PM (9hSKh)

I see your Wes Clark and raise you a Caroline Kennedy Schollberg

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:43 PM (wuv1c)

I hate me for hoping so

56 Hillary will be out within a year. She will need to get started on her presidential campaign for 2012.

Posted by: skyeofblue at August 26, 2009 03:43 PM (otRYJ)

The one where he said we need a civillian force as big and well funded as the military.

I am dead-ass certain that isn't in the deficit numbers either.

pillaging and theft is deficit neutral

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:43 PM (wuv1c)

63 I never thought I'd see the day when rumors of Leon Panetta resigning from CIA head would be a dreadful and fear inducing thing.

Posted by: unknown jane at August 26, 2009 03:43 PM (EpmMs)

64 Nah. My money's on Andy Stern, the boss of the SEIU.

Two birds with one stone if you think about it.

Posted by: CPT. Charles at August 26, 2009 03:44 PM (lYKj1)

65 Wait, I'm confused, is this trainwreck the as bad as Carter's administration or worse? I'm a young'un and don't remember such things.

Posted by: vai2112 at August 26, 2009 03:44 PM (9eb2k)

66 There's gotta be another Clinton-era hack who will take the job.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 26, 2009 03:44 PM (ztNrs)

67 If a trolbuster is changing palin steele's link to playgirl, please stop. You're setting up readers for a NSFW link. Not smart.

And if it's palin steele (which I imagine it's not) -- stop or you'll be banned.

Posted by: ace at August 26, 2009 03:45 PM (d6tLI)

68 Wait, I'm confused, is this trainwreck the as bad as Carter's administration or worse?

Posted by: fluffy at August 26, 2009 03:45 PM (4Kl5M)

69 Maybe Panetta is showing some sense, if confirmed, this is coming within days of Holder appointing a special prosecutor to "investigate" the CIA after the WH said it wouldn't it. Morale at CIA, especially amongst those who are in the field gathering human intel, has gotta be less than shit. And for shitty govt pay, do you think they are going to make extra effort to gather intel if they might get prosecuted. Hell no.

Bad intel leads to unforeseen things, maybe even "man-caused disasters" or whatever fuckin PC label terrorist attacks are now called. Do you want to be Panetta when that shit happens, because BHO throws people under the bus faster than reporters call conservatives racist.

Panetta has enough political savvy to see the buttfucking he will get if there is an attack on his watch, and he is smart enough not be there when it happens.

Posted by: Penfold at August 26, 2009 03:46 PM (lF2Kk)

70 Much worse. More fuck ups in the Obama administration already.

Posted by: fluffy at August 26, 2009 03:46 PM (4Kl5M)

I see your Wes Clark and raise you a Caroline Kennedy Schollberg

Fuck, I felt that one in my teeth.

Posted by: jdub at August 26, 2009 03:46 PM (t9pKb)

72 God, let this be true...though I would imagine Obama will beg him to hold off until he get's back from his golf trip.

Posted by: auinsc at August 26, 2009 03:47 PM (EI1Mm)

73 I don't see this as good news. Panetta was a lib, but apparently an honorable one. Who can Obama replace him with, but someone to Panetta's left without a shred of honor, and decency?

Posted by: Nice Deb at August 26, 2009 03:47 PM (rAzSJ)

74 53 I read something about this a couple days ago. Panetta was denying it, but apparently he was really pissed off the way the Administration was treating the CIA, and taking away the power of the CIA to conduct investigations/interrogations of terrorists and giving it to the FBI... Which is part of the DOJ... Which is head by Eric Holder.
You sure did. Right here at the HQ. This is a different story. That was just Panetta throwing an epic tanty. Now the rumor is that he's resigned.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 26, 2009 03:47 PM (ztNrs)

75 Hmm. I wonder what Zbigniew Brzezinski is doing these days.

Posted by: Obambi, in Mahtha's Vinyahd at August 26, 2009 03:47 PM (RD7QR)

76 If this is true, he just took away a good chunk of credibility away from the justice department investigation and gives another black eye to Obama.

Posted by: Just Another Poster at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (HAdov)

77
Panetta has enough political savvy to see the buttfucking he will get if there is an attack on his watch, and he is smart enough not be there when it happens.

Hmmm, very true. So Leon's looking out for Numero Uno before the SHTF, huh? That makes more sense than him finding some integrity this late in life.

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (Haq+B)

78 My apologies. I didn't realize that's why he was linking to playboy before - hence the playgirl....

Posted by: palin steele at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (VmtE9)

79 Where can I send my resume?

Posted by: Aldrich Ames at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (r7Bv0)

80 i like that ace. i think sandy berger is perfect for the Obama "CIA HEAD" job description.

Posted by: Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (5r0Tz)

81 65 Wait, I'm confused, is this trainwreck the as bad as Carter's administration or worse? I'm a young'un and don't remember such things.
At this point, Carter looks like a genius compared to this clusterfuck. Hell, Billy Carter would be an improvement.

Posted by: ICBM at August 26, 2009 03:49 PM (YLUZG)

Wes Clark? I guess everyone knows he is a JOOO.

Must of been Clarkstein, before he changed it.

The point is I think he is embarrassed about being Jewish, he never stands up for Israel.

Israel hates is ass. Oh, did I mention he is a dickhead who sucks Bill Clinton's dick?

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at August 26, 2009 03:49 PM (2+9Yx)

83 If Panetta resigns how will the unbiased media spin it for Barry? Will Leon be a racist? Will they find some personal problems he has?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 26, 2009 03:49 PM (1Jaio)

84 Sean Connery's not doing much these days, is he? Maybe he'll take the job.

Posted by: UGAdawg at August 26, 2009 03:49 PM (thedx)

85 Intelligence has long been a passion of mine.

Posted by: Patrick Kennedy at August 26, 2009 03:49 PM (4Kl5M)

Wait, I'm confused, is this trainwreck the as bad as Carter's administration or worse?

The only thing that separates us is the absence of a malevolent opposing superpower.

There again, the fiscal situation is probably shaping up to be that de facto force, so yeah, it's worse.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:50 PM (B+qrE)

87 No, choose me, Barack!

Posted by: Zombie Phillip Agee at August 26, 2009 03:50 PM (RD7QR)

88 Sandy Burglar? They will have to do a body search every night.

Posted by: jason at August 26, 2009 03:51 PM (8hqJt)

Wes Clark? I guess everyone knows he is a JOOO.

Must of been Clarkstein, before he changed it.

The point is I think he is embarrassed about being Jewish, he never stands up for Israel.

Israel hates is ass. Oh, did I mention he is a dickhead who sucks Bill Clinton's dick?

Kemp

Thats funny. He is embarrassed about being Jewish but not about being a lame brained fool?

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:51 PM (OlN4e)

90 Barack,

I'm available. Call me.

Posted by: Robert Hanssen at August 26, 2009 03:51 PM (1iCaa)

91 I'm calling Larry Summers to CIA. Gotta give him a consolation prize after reappointing Bernanke at the Fed.

Posted by: rockmom at August 26, 2009 03:52 PM (xOEA9)

92
So who was Panetta's runner-up, because that's who Obama's already been interviewing. "One of the candidates reportedly has begun a series of preparatory briefings."

Talk about the frame-up job Obama's masters are doing on the CIA: "Panetta is also "uncomfortable" with some of the operations being carried out by the CIA that he did not know about until he took the job." Panetta's wee weeing, going to get as much distance between himself and the CIA beforehand.

The shouting match wasn't in defense of the CIA, but in his own vested career interests."A "profanity-laced screaming match" at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying..." Holder's double crossing Panetta who only accepted the job on condition that the "torture" issue be permanently dropped. "Panetta erupted in a tirade last month during a meeting with a senior White House staff member. Panetta was reportedly upset over plans by Attorney General Eric Holder to open a criminal investigation of allegations that CIA officers broke the law in carrying out certain interrogation techniques that President Obama has termed torture."

In addition to concerns about the CIA's reputation and its legal exposure, other White House insiders say Panetta has been frustrated by what he perceives to be less of a role than he was promised in the administration's intelligence structure. Panetta has reportedly chafed at reporting through the director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, according to the senior adviser who said Blair is equally unhappy with Panetta.

"Leon will be leaving," predicted a former top U.S. intelligence official, citing the conflict with Blair. The former official said Panetta is also "uncomfortable" with some of the operations being carried out by the CIA that he did not know about until he took the job.

...senior White House staff members are already discussing a possible shake-up of top national security officials. "You can expect a larger than normal turnover in the next year," a senior adviser to Obama on intelligence matters told ABCNews.com.

Six other current and former senior intelligence officials said they too had been briefed about Panetta's frustrations in the job, including dealing with his former Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives.

One of the officials said the White House had begun informal discussions with candidates who were runners-up to Panetta in the CIA director selection process last year.

One of the candidates reportedly has begun a series of preparatory briefings.

"It would be a shame if such as talented a Washington hand as Panetta were to leave after one year," said Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant who worked on the national security team for the Clinton and Bush administrations and served as an adviser to President-elect Obama.

"It takes that long for any senior bureaucrat to begin to understand what needs to get done and how to do it, "said Clarke. "The CIA needs some stability."

CIA spokesman George Little said the report was "wrong, inaccurate, bogus and false." A White House spokesperson, Denis McDonough, said reports that Panetta had threatened to quit and that the White House was seeking a replacement were "inaccurate." Since 9/11, the CIA has had five directors or acting directors.

Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit
abc news August 24, 2009

Posted by: maverick muse at August 26, 2009 03:52 PM (F1b/5)

93 Hey, why not me?

Posted by: zombie Kim Philby at August 26, 2009 03:53 PM (4Kl5M)

94 Penfold: "Maybe Panetta is showing some sense..."

You bet he would be if this actually pans out. He's being set up and he knows it. He's had access to the old anti-terrorist data, its outcomes, and the certain lamentations of field agents. He can see the writing on the wall. CIA will not be able to carry out its mission and it will fail with its hands tied. Panetta will get blamed.

Knowing the history of those like Panetta, this is career-saving preemption more than it's patriotism. (Yes, I'm a cynic and question no end the motivations of those ensconced in D.C.)

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 26, 2009 03:53 PM (JamGx)

95 Wonder how it will be before Hilary says "Fuck it I'm outta here".
Posted by: YIKES! at August 26, 2009 03:24 PM (tFrIQ)

She'll have to get her penis back from The Won before she bolts.

Posted by: Jazz at August 26, 2009 03:53 PM (hnq5i)

#89

he's not stupid. Check out his resume. Whore? yes. Dumb, no.

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at August 26, 2009 03:53 PM (2+9Yx)

There's gotta be another Clinton-era hack who will take the job.

Warren Christopher is still undead, right?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:53 PM (B+qrE)

98 They might as well make Big Bird head of the CIA. Its finished as an operating intelligence agency until a grown up is back in the White House.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:54 PM (OlN4e)

he's not stupid. Check out his resume. Whore? yes. Dumb, no.

Kemp, anyone who almost starts World War III over the Pristina Airport is an idiot. Sorry.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:54 PM (B+qrE)

100 @77

It could be both, Panetta may have taken a stand to protect the CIA, his turf, and lost, and now is getting out before SHTF and shielding his ass. Assuming he has integrity, he has a two-fer, he can stand on his honor and cover his ass.l

Posted by: Penfold at August 26, 2009 03:55 PM (lF2Kk)

101 I nominate Dum Dum to replace Panetta. He has internet skills, and he can wage cyber-warfare against our enemies by showing up on their websites and getting them to argue about comic books. And the Playboy links will certainly piss off the Iranians.

Posted by: Jack Bauer's Evil Brother at August 26, 2009 03:55 PM (N1L/f)

102

If this is true, he just took away a good chunk of credibility away from the justice department investigation and gives another black eye to Obama.

is that even possible??

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (wuv1c)

103 If this is true, Obama must hold the record for number of people resigning/quitting under a President.

Unreal. Just unreal.

How anyone can complain about 'the wars' now is beyond comprehension.

I have family members who listen to NPR as if their life depended on it. Keep all sharp objects away.

Posted by: MelodicMetal at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (weVyN)

104

Kemp, anyone who almost starts World War III over the Pristina Airport is an idiot. Sorry.

Missed this... explain?

Posted by: jdub at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (t9pKb)

105 ICBM, Circa, fluffy & etc.. thanks for the heads up - I think I'm going to go drink myself into a stupor now.

Posted by: vai2112 at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (9eb2k)

106

If he replaces Leon Panetta with an "anti-zionist" like Freeman, "that would be bad". Yes, I'm quoting Ghostbusters.

I could see the Mossad severing its intelligence ties with the US. I could also see the Mossad nabbing terrorists that lower-level CIA grunts are monitoring. Within the CIA the infighting will be epic between pro-Israel and pro-Arab factions. Or, if the shit-filled Twinkie really gets to room-length size, imagine a public trial of CIA agents who are accused of sharing data with Israel that they haven't been authorised to do.

Posted by: David Ross at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (GwV+j)

107 Finally, a Democrat who I can respect.

How about Tom Daschel for CIA? He could send all the detainees to his "not death panels."

Posted by: PJ at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (32Kiu)

108

There's gotta be another Clinton-era hack who will take the job.

How about Bill himself?

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 26, 2009 03:56 PM (X6Zdh)

109

never thought I'd see the day when rumors of Leon Panetta resigning from CIA head would be a dreadful and fear inducing thing.

how far we've come huh?

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (wuv1c)

110 There's gotta be another Clinton-era hack who will take the job.

Tanned, rested, and ready....

Posted by: Janet Reno at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (1iCaa)

111
Credit to Leon Panetta for taking the liberal dolt Ted Kennedy out of the headlines for a couple of hours. And, Neon Leon is still alive, or so we believe?

Posted by: Fish at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (FnA4R)

112 Jimmy Carter had a nice resume too. You would have never thought him a dumb ass by reading it. I've known several professional people with impressive resumes, who were completely worthless in practical situations. It is especially prevalent among Engineers.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (OlN4e)

113 Obama don't love you, Leon. Come see me...

Posted by: Tokyo Rose at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (4Kl5M)

114 They'll just appouint an "intelligence Czar" to take over. Someone high up in "color of change" with community organizing and communist experience.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2009 03:58 PM (CDUiN)

115

Read here, jdub.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 03:58 PM (B+qrE)

116 okay I'm told that's just a plain old sock-puppet of palin steele.

Stop with the NSFW links.

Cripes. Some of you guys seem to not comprehend that some people here have jobs and bosses.

Posted by: ace at August 26, 2009 03:59 PM (d6tLI)

117 Oh God, I just had a really evil thought: Madeleine Albright.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2009 03:59 PM (RD7QR)

118

jdub 104: Wesley Clark ordered British Lt. Gen. Michael Jackson (yeah, I bet he gets teased) to block that aeroport. Jackson retorted "I'm not going to start World War III for you. Sir."

The "sir" was a nice touch, you have to admit.

Posted by: David Ross at August 26, 2009 03:59 PM (GwV+j)

119

Someone high up in "color of change" with community organizing and communist experience.

Two words, baby: Hugo. Chavez.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 04:00 PM (B+qrE)

120 Somebody got it right- fuckin' Bill Ayers. Experienced at "covert" ops, great with cover stories, already has identified the REAL enemies of the U.S., right-wing fanatics and former members of the military, not to mention Ewok bloggers.

Ready to be the target of a black op Ace?

Posted by: Alamo at August 26, 2009 04:00 PM (Mqupr)

121 It isn't integrity. It's ego. Obama and Holder are putting Panetta in a place where he's made to look like a fool.

Now, assuming Panetta resigns, Obama has to appoint someone whose goal is to "reform" the CIA where "reform" means "gut".

No time for health care what with the confirmation hearings.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2009 04:00 PM (T0NGe)

122

#89

Here is JOO Clark's resume. Damn impressive. I wonder when he learned to suck a dick? At Clinton's retreat? Or did he have to service the bitch? Inquiring minds want to know.

Read it, he is smart as shit, actually, too smart for his own good, ego crazy. SAD. Sometimes military people don't get where money comes from, that is what I didn't like about McClain, his family got a government check for a 100 years and he's still getting one.

http://tinyurl.com/m837v

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at August 26, 2009 04:01 PM (2+9Yx)

123 Jamie Gorelick.

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 04:01 PM (Haq+B)

124 I never thought I would ever miss Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: Vashta.Nerada at August 26, 2009 04:01 PM (K8FQM)

125

plain old sock-puppet of palin steele

Sockpuppetry of tiresome is also tiresome.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 04:01 PM (B+qrE)

126 Panetta is no fool. He does not want the upcoming, unavoidable terrorist attack to occur on his watch.

Posted by: KC at August 26, 2009 04:02 PM (iZk3W)

127 Wonder if Stansfield Turner is still alive.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2009 04:02 PM (RD7QR)

128 Assuming this is true, one wonders what the Obama administration is going to do to slime Panetta on his way out.

They'll probably try to spin this somehow, but no matter how they try, a newly appointed CIA director resigning within a year looks REALLY bad for the administration.

It also doesn't send particularly nice signals to our nation's enemies either.

Posted by: looking closely at August 26, 2009 04:02 PM (6Q9g2)

129

rumor is false according to redstate

they meant to say lou pinella is resigning

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 04:02 PM (wuv1c)

130

They'll just appouint an "intelligence Czar" to take over. Someone high up in "color of change" with community organizing and communist experience.

That's what I'm afraid of. If they manage to circumvent even the cursory rubberstamp that the senate confirmation would provide, God knows what's going to end up as CCIA.

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at August 26, 2009 04:02 PM (pZEar)

131

RT @Circa Sockpuppetry of tiresome is also tiresome.

Wait, where am I?!?

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at August 26, 2009 04:03 PM (ztNrs)

132 I'm thinking one of those New Black Panther Party dudes. It's not like they have a
federal record or anything. I've been assured they have been fully vetted by Eric Holder.

Posted by: MrsPaulsSwimmingFishSticks at August 26, 2009 04:03 PM (iYbLN)

133 Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 03:48 PM (Haq+B)

This is why Gates and Mueller are still around, they have integrity. I couldn't figure out why they stuck around since they are both so obviously Obama's "get out of jail free card" for when the next attack happens--"Don't blame me, It's Bush's fault, you guys are fired!"

Then I realized they must care about keeping this country safe more than their own political skins. They only have to imagine who President Genius would appoint in their place and that alone probably keeps them at their posts.

Posted by: nightwitch at August 26, 2009 04:03 PM (YVMan)

134 Ace,
Has anyone touched on Holders involvement in the release of the Peurto Rican Terrorists by Bill Clinton?

Posted by: Uniball at August 26, 2009 04:03 PM (27iEn)

135 Tanned, rested, and ready....
Posted by: Janet Reno at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (1iCaa)

Yeah, but your credentials are shaky, Janet.

Posted by: Jazz at August 26, 2009 04:04 PM (hnq5i)

136 ... one wonders what the Obama administration is going to do to slime Panetta on his way out.

Live boy or a dead girl?

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 04:04 PM (Haq+B)

137

they meant to say lou pinella is resigning

I'd say Wes Clark would be a great Cubs manager.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 04:04 PM (B+qrE)

138 Eric Holder is going to be running the CIA de facto, why not give him the title?

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 04:04 PM (OlN4e)

139

Obama's administration is not just a train-wreck... it's a high-speed rail train-wreck! YeeeeAArrrgh!

Bet there' a real long line of quality applicants for Leon's job, huh? But there is one way Baracky could throw a bone to the left and the right simultaneously here. Someone the left would love to see in the hot seat, but who would at the same time kick some serious ass.

Yes, of course it's Dick Cheney... who else?

Posted by: sherlock at August 26, 2009 04:05 PM (N7uu0)

140 There's an update at Redstate. The link leads to this:

“This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little.

Posted by: Tami at August 26, 2009 04:05 PM (VuLos)

141 Live boy or a dead girl?

Live boy. Dead girl isn't such a big scandal.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at August 26, 2009 04:05 PM (4Kl5M)

142

It isn't integrity. It's ego. Obama and Holder are putting Panetta in a place where he's made to look like a fool.

Maybe, but it would be the easiest thing in the world to just say "fuck it" and roll over for the administration.

That he's willing to stand up for his people to the point of resigning rather than accept Obama's bullshit witch hunt does say something positive about his character.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 26, 2009 04:06 PM (plsiE)

143 I nominate bernadine dorm

Posted by: Mr. Pink at August 26, 2009 04:06 PM (3+7N0)

144

Circa,

I had forgotten about that ego trip. My point is the same, he is an egomaniac. Too smart for his own good, and thinks he is the next savior of the free world. He is truly dangerous!

Kemp

Posted by: kempermanx at August 26, 2009 04:07 PM (2+9Yx)

145 Well, that was fun. What shall we talk about next?

Posted by: Eric Holder at August 26, 2009 04:07 PM (4Kl5M)

146 How about Rev. Wright? Obama has already determined that when he yells and threatens, it's a good thing.

Posted by: PJ at August 26, 2009 04:07 PM (32Kiu)

147

Cripes. Some of you guys seem to not comprehend that some people here have jobs and bosses.

Well, to be fair, ace...

Posted by: jdub at August 26, 2009 04:08 PM (t9pKb)

148 “This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little.

So it's confirmed, then.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2009 04:08 PM (RD7QR)

149 Between this, Jennifer Connelly, and Clunkerquiddick, the only thing missing to make this a perfect day is bacon.

Posted by: George Happy Shiny Orwell von Unicorn at August 26, 2009 04:09 PM (AZGON)

150 Rumor appears to be false.

I have to say, if Panetta didn't at least THREATEN to resign over these idiotic witch-hunts, the rest of thc CIA would consider him a chicken-shit.

Maybe they do anyway.

Posted by: looking closely at August 26, 2009 04:09 PM (6Q9g2)

151 So it's confirmed, then.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2009 04:08 PM (RD7QR)

Yep...Panetta's probably already on the golf course.

Posted by: Tami at August 26, 2009 04:09 PM (VuLos)

152 Clark is a douchebag, but that wouldn't have started World War III. The Russians were being dicks, and if we had stood up to them, they would have backed down sooner or later.

Posted by: sandy burger at August 26, 2009 04:10 PM (MT+0i)

153

Well, if false, I will happily take back anything nice I said about Panetta.

Did I say anything nice about him?

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 04:11 PM (OlN4e)

154 Thanks Gabe. I knew they were different stories, it was just that the 1st one sounded like a precursor to this. Dont remember if I first came across it here or at hot air, but I see it here now. I just wasnt aware if it was common knowledge that the FBI is actually part of the DOJ, putting this under Holder. And we know Holder's views.

Personally, I think this is all by design. Obama is saying that we should move on in regards to the CIA interrogations because he knows it is a hot issue that he could get badly burned from. But by having the unelected, "independently operating" Justice Dept do it, then he gets to be teflon. Its like chess... you sacrifice a pawn to kill a rook; you sacrifice a rook to kill a queen; you sacrifice the queen for the checkmate. The idea being you let someone else take the hit so you can get the bigger objective.

Obama is being LBJ in Afghanistan (ramp it up, but do so incompetently), he is being mid-70's congressional democrat in regards to Iraq (withdraw then abandon), and the anti-cia democrat, which will blind us. Whomever is heading the CIA will be either a fallguy or a willing accomplice in the Obamageddon of this country.

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 04:11 PM (7a1cG)

155

Wait, where am I?!?

If you start saying LOL out loud, I'm not hanging out with you any more.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 26, 2009 04:12 PM (X6Zdh)

156 but then, it may have been drudge i saw it at as ace suggested. dont matter.

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 04:13 PM (7a1cG)

157 Gary Coleman isn't doing much these days.

whatchootalkinbout Cheney?

Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel at August 26, 2009 04:13 PM (SAHzp)

158 honorable enough not to say anything means he walks away and leaves the people who actuually did something at the CIA to protect the country get thrown to the wolves. meets the definition of dishonorable to me.

Posted by: ed at August 26, 2009 04:14 PM (Urhve)

159

The Russians were being dicks, and if we had stood up to them, they would have backed down sooner or later.

The airport itself had no value. Yes, the Russians were being dicks.

World War I started because the Russians were being dicks.

World War II started becuse the Russians were being dicks.

See a trend there?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at August 26, 2009 04:14 PM (B+qrE)

160

Okay I am not going to do the happydance b/c Panetta is quitting. Too many Kossites were like that, ooh, yeah, finally someone speaking truth to power blah blah blah.

Panetta pretty much put himself in Dutch running over to the Hill and saying, uhh, yeah, I have to tell you about this thing we didn't tell you about, we are a bunch of liars, go ahead and use that to cover ms. Pelosi would you?

I doubt this is because he is surprised by the Holder investigation thing, he was probably in on the decision, or is at least perceived to be by the CIA - so he can't run the show anymore.

This doesn't even help Mitt Romney.

Posted by: blaster at August 26, 2009 04:14 PM (BiphJ)

161 I vote Pelosi. She already has the relationship.

Posted by: alppuccino at August 26, 2009 04:15 PM (SAHzp)

162 149 Between this, Jennifer Connelly, and Clunkerquiddick, the only thing missing to make this a perfect day is bacon.

And teh kittehs!!

Posted by: somejoe at August 26, 2009 04:15 PM (yP5sH)

163 no need to thank me for the reminder ace. it apparently was just down the main page in a related posting.

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 04:17 PM (7a1cG)

164

short list:

Kumar

David Paterson

John Kerry (he does have the hat)

Bill Ayers

Joe Wilson's wife

Undercover Brother

Posted by: Secret Agent Double-O Bama at August 26, 2009 04:18 PM (k7SeR)

165 Maybe it was just a CYA threat from Panetta. If anything happens on his watch now he can just blame Obama's piss poor oversight.

Posted by: kefka at August 26, 2009 04:19 PM (udoJ3)

166 123 Jamie Gorelick.

She is everywhere. Justice under Reno, Fannie Mae (or was it Freddie Mac). She must be a billionaire.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2009 04:20 PM (T0NGe)

167 It is a non-story
bad cop good cop
panetta is head of nothing
the real heads are the czars...commies appointed by o and soros

the rest of the so called cabinet just read scripts handed to them.

watch glenn.....this whole thing is scary
where is the impeach hussein site?

Posted by: free at August 26, 2009 04:21 PM (cFwGO)

168 The country is now run by the Weather Underground.

I nominate Bernardine Dohrn

Posted by: wHodat at August 26, 2009 04:21 PM (+sBB4)

169

This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little

He has a shitty thesaurus.

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 26, 2009 04:22 PM (m2CN7)

170

My advice to Leon:

Take the cannolli.

Posted by: TexasJew at August 26, 2009 04:24 PM (aUsM0)

171 123 Jamie Gorelick.

Posted by: Dang Straights

=======

Banish that thought, one of Axelrod's internet spiders might pick it up.

Posted by: Jean at August 26, 2009 04:25 PM (xCBQ4)

172 Wow! False, wrong *and* bogus... all at the same time! Heh... I'll bet it's untrue, specious and incorrect, too.

Posted by: Ran at August 26, 2009 04:26 PM (lS2sx)

173

I think were being played ala male organ/skin flute thingy.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2009 04:26 PM (1B81L)

174

"This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little

He has a shitty thesaurus."

Especially since his real name is George Submicrosopic

Posted by: TexasJew at August 26, 2009 04:26 PM (aUsM0)

175 What, and give up my retainer from Al Qaeda?

Posted by: Jamie Gorelick at August 26, 2009 04:27 PM (VmtE9)

176 Panetta threatened to resign if Obama pushed ahead, but it's an empty threat. The man is a Dem operative first, and a Patriot second (if at all).

He's throwing a hissy fit so the boys and girls at Langley won't figure out that he doesn't really have their back. However, the people Mr. Panetta is trying to deceive are CIA OPERATIVES so I don't think he'll be able to fool them.

Posted by: Daryl Herbert at August 26, 2009 04:28 PM (UMQHG)

177

Headline at Fox News

Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband

A member of the National Society for Human Rights said there are no regulations in place to stop the marriage of young girls, which is seen as harmful to their wellbeing.

"Such marriages are considered a gross violation of charters on the rights of children, which the Kingdom has signed and which set the age of adulthood at 18," Maatouq Al-Abdullah told Arab News.

And yet there are a bunch of asswipes who want us to signup for this unconstitutional treaty that would take away the authority of parents to raise their children.

They have the gall to say we are one of only two nations that have not signed up.

Posted by: Vic at August 26, 2009 04:28 PM (CDUiN)

178 Thanks for the update, Ace. I was just about to dip my balls in this story and set a random skull on fire.

Posted by: Matt at August 26, 2009 04:29 PM (ecpMe)

179 How about Blofield?

Posted by: nikkolai at August 26, 2009 04:30 PM (+Y6We)

180 I'll see your Kennedy Schlossberg and raise you a Ron Gettelfinger.

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 04:31 PM (MFbfZ)

181

This report is a travesty. It's a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham.

CIA Spokesman Fielding Mellish

Posted by: Matt at August 26, 2009 04:33 PM (ecpMe)

182 Tanned, rested, and ready....
Posted by: Janet Reno at August 26, 2009 03:57 PM (1iCaa)

Yeah, but your credentials are shaky, Janet.

You took my joke, you bastard. You suck.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 26, 2009 04:34 PM (btril)

183 I'll bet it's untrue, specious and incorrect, too.

It's a traveshammockery!

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 04:34 PM (Haq+B)

184 http://tinyurl.com/np7cbt

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 04:38 PM (MFbfZ)

185 What this country needs is....A CIA CZAR

Posted by: alwyr at August 26, 2009 04:38 PM (Ngf0i)

186

180. I'll see your Kennedy Schlossberg and raise you a Ron Gettelfinger.

I'll see your Ron Gettelfinger and raise you a Arianna Huffington.

Posted by: paranoid polly at August 26, 2009 04:39 PM (c4RUj)

187

Stop with the NSFW links.

To be fair to the sockpuppeteers, Ace, the real Dum-Dum is using a link to Playboy with his nickname. I guess he wants us to meet all of his dates!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at August 26, 2009 04:40 PM (ERJIu)

188

I see your John Kerry and raise you a Wes Clark.

Stop. Please. I don't want to see where this ends up. I don't want to live in the country where this ends up.

Too Late. I'll see your Wes Clark and double down with Cynthia McKinney.

Posted by: Mallamutt at August 26, 2009 04:42 PM (V9SYy)

189 #169 This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little

Not to mention apocryphal, concoted, contrary to fact, cooked-up, deceitful, fake, fallacious, fanciful, dishonest, distorted, erroneous, ersatz, fictitious, fishy, imaginary, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, invalid, mendacious, misleading, specious, spurious, unfounded, untrue, and mistaken.

Posted by: looking closely at August 26, 2009 04:44 PM (6Q9g2)

190 I thought Janet was totally safe for work. Unless, of course, you work in Waco.

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 04:45 PM (MFbfZ)

191

I'll see your Ron Gettelfinger and raise you a Arianna Huffington.

I'll see your Arianna Huffington and go all in with co-directors Keith Olbermann and Rachel Madcow.

Posted by: Mallamutt at August 26, 2009 04:46 PM (V9SYy)

192

Yeah, but your credentials are shaky, Janet.

I don't get it,

Michael J. Fox

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2009 04:47 PM (1B81L)

193 Ha! My Valerie Jarrett is going to win the pot!

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 04:47 PM (MFbfZ)

194

What about Bernard Nussbaum or Margaret Williams?

- Proven. - Credentialed.

Posted by: Zombie Vince Foster at August 26, 2009 04:49 PM (GwPRU)

195

I'll see your Arianna Huffington and go all in with co-directors Keith Olbermann and Rachel Madcow.

I win with a small brained "straight".

Posted by: paranoid polly at August 26, 2009 04:50 PM (c4RUj)

196 Damn You, Winston-Smith, got suckered into going all in against The Chicago Combination Hole Card. Oh well, I guess there is always the next resignation (Hillary?) to try to win the moron poker championship.

Posted by: Mallamutt at August 26, 2009 04:52 PM (V9SYy)

197 162 149 Between this, Jennifer Connelly, and Clunkerquiddick, the only thing missing to make this a perfect day is bacon.

And teh kittehs!!
Posted by: somejoe at August 26, 2009 04:15
____________________________________

Jennifer Connelly is responsible for the deaths of many kittens.

Posted by: Alone in the dark at August 26, 2009 04:52 PM (QXKjZ)

198

If were gonna go w/tv or hollywood types then Sean Penn & Danny glover get the gig...no question.

Posted by: dananjcon at August 26, 2009 04:53 PM (1B81L)

199 Who replaces him? I would think it would be obvious: Jamie Gorelick, author of "the wall" between the CIA and FBI that allowed the 9/11 attacks to go forward undetected, director of Fannie Mae and originator of the "toxic assets" that brought down the economy....

America still stands, so clearly she has work yet to do.

Posted by: American Elephant at August 26, 2009 04:54 PM (iFeh0)

200 No rumor is "Official" until it's Officially Denied!

Posted by: Paladin at August 26, 2009 04:56 PM (WGbtD)

201 Don't give up hope - these things usually happen on Friday....

Everyone goes home, has a nice weekend and forgets about it come Monday.

Government Tradition.

Leon who?

Posted by: george at August 26, 2009 04:57 PM (y0VOX)

202 Also the rumour is bullshit, nonsense, and a brain fart.

Posted by: David Ross at August 26, 2009 04:57 PM (GwV+j)

203 Bah. I hear Putin is giving Obama some tips on who to pick.

Posted by: A.G. at August 26, 2009 04:57 PM (7a1cG)

204 Jennifer Connelly is responsible for the deaths of many kittens.

Nothing like this guy...

http://tinyurl.com/nwvfy5

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 04:58 PM (MFbfZ)

205 The rumor is a chicken, wrapped in a duck, inside a turkey.

Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 05:00 PM (Haq+B)

206 We care who it is, but in the end, It will be Obama putting same big time Commie in charge. Talk about a blood bath of Conservatives! The re-educations camps will be filled in no time.

Posted by: mystry at August 26, 2009 05:04 PM (dIHlE)

207 This report is false, wrong and bogus,

For now...

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2009 05:12 PM (AsqkH)

208

The rumor is a chicken, wrapped in a duck, inside a turkey. Posted by: Dang Straights at August 26, 2009 05:00 PM (Haq+B)

WTF!!!! No bacon.

Posted by: Old Hippie Vet at August 26, 2009 05:17 PM (3IZGh)

209 The report isn't bogus; it's merely premature.

Posted by: arhooley at August 26, 2009 05:17 PM (vUx5/)

210 Johnson is attacking Palin and Beck again. That guy never gets tired of the taste of Zero's jizz.

Posted by: maddogg at August 26, 2009 05:26 PM (OlN4e)

211

My initial proposal of John Kerry may have been premature and I have had the opportunity to re-think...

How'se about...

John McCain?

(or, perhaps... Contessa Brewer? She's awful purty...)

Posted by: newguy40 at August 26, 2009 05:33 PM (kduZC)

212 ace -

i'd bet he resigned official the day obama and axelrod and rahm find a replacement.

Posted by: reliapundit at August 26, 2009 05:35 PM (My1rO)

213 47

I've got the perfect person.

Sandy Berger.

Posted by: Ben at August 26, 2009 03:38 PM (wuv1c)

No more calls please, we have a THREAD WINNER

Posted by: UncleFacts Summoner of the Meteors at August 26, 2009 05:36 PM (vZVv7)

214 Funny...I wondered about McCain also, in a gesture of bipartisanship to a "Democrat-lite." Scary thing is, he'd probably do it.

Posted by: Winston Smith at August 26, 2009 05:36 PM (MFbfZ)

215

Colin Powell?

You betcha, the WON owes him.

Posted by: elclynn at August 26, 2009 06:03 PM (eN5To)

216 How about Matt Damon! He has the knowledge and insight that Obama loves. Plus he was in the Bourne movies, so he knows the bad CIA agents. He was also in the Good Shepherd, which means he knows the ins and outs of the CIA.

Oh wait, that makes him an expert on the CIA, so all he can do is testify before Congress.

Shit, I'm all out of candidates. Maybe Pat Leahy, that may stop the leaks of info/intel at Foggy Bottom.

Posted by: MrCaniac at August 26, 2009 06:10 PM (6i55m)

217 You guys are scaring me. Is there no one that can stop any of this?

Posted by: free at August 26, 2009 06:27 PM (cFwGO)

218

Shoot. I go out to mow the lawn, and there are 217 posts. So, anyway, if you posted this thought, please forgive me:

Leon Panetta will be replaced as CIA Chief by the head of CAIR.

Posted by: TimothyJ at August 26, 2009 06:44 PM (IKKIf)

219

You guys are scaring me. Is there no one that can stop any of this?

Ready for duty, Sir!

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at August 26, 2009 06:53 PM (Zi+FQ)

220 Leon Panetta DID resign as Clinton's chief of staff after the Lewinsky scandal broke and after the blue dress evidence finally forced a pseudo-admission. Panetta went back to California and pretty much avoided Washington for a long time.

The question is, did he lose his temper and threaten resignation, or is this a way to strongly hint to him to stick with the administration program or get lost?

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 26, 2009 07:21 PM (Vli7s)

221 I'll take the job. They'll probably fire me after I actually implement programs to kill terrorists though.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at August 26, 2009 09:11 PM (CAixf)

222

@84 "Sean Connery's not doing much these days, is he? Maybe he'll take the job."

The day izh mine, Trebek Barack!

Posted by: Sean Connery at August 26, 2009 09:11 PM (nA93j)

223

Isn't there a Libyan intelligence officer with a lot of free time on his hands now?

He might be good.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at August 26, 2009 09:19 PM (nA93j)

224 “This report is false, wrong and bogus,” said CIA spokesman George Little.Nothing is certain until it has been officially denied.
--Bismarck

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