Clinton Retread With Little Intelligence Experience Nominated to Be CIA Director

Is there anyone left from the Clinton administration not on board the Hopenchange Express?

Well, I guess Bill Richardson is underneath it.

Seriously though, Leon Panetta?

President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff, to take over the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization that Mr. Obama criticized during the campaign for using interrogation methods he decried as torture, Democratic officials said Monday.

Mr. Panetta has a reputation in Washington as a competent manager with strong background in budget issues, but has little hands-on intelligence experience. If confirmed by the Senate, he will take control of the agency most directly responsible for hunting senior Al Qaeda leaders around the globe, but one that has been buffeted since the Sept. 11 attacks by leadership changes and morale problems.

If we see Roger Clinton performing at some inaugural event, then we know the Clintons have the goods on Obama.