Comments on: Senate Intelligence Committee “Ok’s” Panetta; Are got geoint? Readers OK with it? http://www.gotgeoint.com/archives/senate-intelligence-committee-oks-panetta-are-got-geoint-readers-ok-with-it/ Welcome to got geoint? - The official blog of USGIF. Explore and respond to all things Geospatial Intelligence, and also connect with us using one or all of the social groups! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Kris Wheaton http://www.gotgeoint.com/archives/senate-intelligence-committee-oks-panetta-are-got-geoint-readers-ok-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Kris Wheaton Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:58:55 +0000 http://www.gotgeoint.com/?p=1231#comment-481 Panetta may not know too much about intelligence (a point which is debatable); he unquestionably knows what a decisionmaker needs from intelligence, which may prove to be even more important. Remember, Obama wants to make the DNI like the Federal Reserve Chairman -- apolitical and appointed for a period of time that extends beyond one administration. The first step to doing that it to make the intelligence community authoritative. Panetta may not know too much about intelligence (a point which is debatable); he unquestionably knows what a decisionmaker needs from intelligence, which may prove to be even more important.

Remember, Obama wants to make the DNI like the Federal Reserve Chairman — apolitical and appointed for a period of time that extends beyond one administration. The first step to doing that it to make the intelligence community authoritative.

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