WOW. Snap. Leon Panetta tells it like it is with a thunderous smackdown.
This seems pretty sure to rile all of the right people:
WASHINGTON – CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism almost suggests "he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point."
Panetta told The New Yorker for an article in its June 22 issue that Cheney "smells some blood in the water" on the issue of national security.
Panetta said of Cheney's remarks: "It's almost, a little bit, gallows politics. When you read behind it, it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point. I think that's dangerous politics."
Biden, of course, smartly declines to step into the fray:
Asked if he agreed with Panetta, Vice President Joe Biden told NBC's "Meet the Press" that he wouldn't question the motive behind Cheney's criticism.
"I think Dick Cheney's judgment about how to secure America is faulty," Biden said. "I think our judgment is correct."
This is how Dick Cheney deserves to be treated. Thank you DCI Panetta.
UPDATE: Here's the link to the New Yorker story about Panetta. I just read it and it's quite good. Check it out.