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Monday, August 24, 2009

Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit


It's getting awkward as the new constitutional officers of government discover that they are merely figureheads, reporting to Obama's commissars in the White House.

From ABC News
By Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito and Brian Ross


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 about the direction of its newly-appoint intelligence team, current and former senior intelligence officials tell ABC News.com.

Amid reports that Panetta had threatened to quit just seven months after taking over at the spy agency, other insiders tell ABCNews.com that 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.

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