Obama Is Under Fire Over Panetta Selection - washingtonpost.com: "A second official who had worked with President Bill Clinton's national security team while Panetta was chief of staff said he had no recollection of Panetta taking an active role in intelligence briefings or discussions of CIA policy and practice.
'He just didn't make an impression,' said the official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity so he could discuss the matter freely.
An official who participated in the Obama team's deliberations dismissed concerns about Panetta's lack of experience, saying that a number of previous directors had little or no 'inside-the-intelligence-community experience. Most of them were from the outside . . . What you need is someone who can represent the agency well in the corridors of power in Washington.'"
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