Has Morale Returned To The CIA?

Leon Panetta Gets The CIA Back On Its Feet -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

CIA Director Leon Panetta has a new trophy in his seventh-floor office at Langley: It's the fuse from a Chinese-made rocket that he helped disable (with a CIA technician hovering close by) during a visit to an agency paramilitary training base.

That's a good metaphor for Panetta himself as he completes 14 months as CIA director. He has defused a number of bombs that threatened to blow up what was left of the agency's credibility, and in the process he has focused the CIA on getting the job done.

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My Comment: My opinions on this matter are still mixed. While the CIA may now have more authority on going after Al Qaeda and other extremists, the worry of legal responsibility and accountability of past operations and methods still hangs over the many heads of its personnel.