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OPINION

Leon Panetta, CIA Reduced to Irrelevance

S.E. Cupp By Tuesday, 01 September 2009 12:38 PM EDT Current | Bio | Archive

Poor Leon Panetta. It's hard not to feel bad for the guy. If the Obama administration is like one big, elaborate stage production of "Chicago," Panetta is playing invisible Amos Hart — "Mr. Cellophane" — to sheer, translucent, forgettable perfection.

In less than a year, Panetta's CIA has been reduced to irrelevance and Panetta himself has either been ignored or emasculated by the very folks who were supposed to be his biggest supporters.

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Poor Leon Panetta. It's hard not to feel bad for the guy. If the Obama administration is like one big, elaborate stage production of "Chicago," Panetta is playing invisible Amos Hart — "Mr. Cellophane" — to sheer, translucent, forgettable perfection. In less than a year,...
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