One complaint often heard privately within law enforcement circles is that the Central Intelligence Agency over the years has morphed into a Liberal think tank rather than maintaining its role as a strategic and tactical intelligence agency.

An even bigger concern is that the agency has become overly politicized and prone to leaking information to the mainstream news media in order to have an impact upon the political climate within the Beltway.

The politicization of the CIA has been accelerated by the appointment of former Clinton Administration minion now President Barack Obama's Director of Central Intelligence, Leon Panetta.

Upon being confirmed without so much as a peep by Republican lawmakers, one of Panetta's first actions was the termination of its controversial program of using secret detention centers. Panetta notified the Senate and House intelligence committees in an email that private contractors would no longer question "captured terrorists."


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