But defenders of Panetta say he could bring valuable management skills to the job. By Gordon Lubold | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the January 7, 2009 edition This feature requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player and javascript-enabled browser. Reporter Gordon Lubold discusses how President-elect Obama may be sending a message to the US intelligence community with his reported choice of Leon Panetta as CIA director. Washington - Leon Panetta, reported to be President-elect Obama's pick to head the Central Intelligence Agency, has little hands-on intelligence experience – a reality that may make it hard for him to win the trust of operatives inside an agency known to be unwelcoming to outsiders. But despite concerns that Mr. Panetta's résumé – ex-congressman from California, budget guru of the... [read full story]
