It will be interesting to assess the information on this choice as it becomes more available, since this is indeed to some degree a controversial choice: ideally we would want a DNI uninfluenced by parent agency concerns and not susceptible to the potential distortions that might be associated with information coming from an agency responsible for acting on, or that will be funded based upon, the information. A civilian would certainly have been preferable, given comparable experience.
It's unfortunate, though understandable, that Mr Panetta was not interested. One can only suppose the bench is not particularly deep in this area.
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