According to a report in The Hill, Panetta cruised through the second round of questioning before a Senate panel regarding his appointment to head the Central Intelligence Agency. The Senate Intelligence Committee, chaired by Sen. Diane Feinstein, is using kid gloves in vetting Panetta, who has, shall we say, limited experience in intelligence work (except in his dealings with them as a member of Congress and as White House chief of staff).
While his lack of intelligence work is a concern, another flag for Panetta is his former lobbying work for companies that deal with national security - a clear violation of the ethics policy implemented by President Barack Obama.
"The executive order on ethics I will sign shortly represents a clean break from business as usual. As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter limits than under any other administration in history. If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. When you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as I am president."
Seems like this executive order is being ignored left and right by the new administration. So much for change.
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