Obama's Inner Circle Thinks His Former Defense Secretary Is Attacking The White House To Help Hillar

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Obama's Inner Circle Thinks His Former Defense Secretary Is Attacking The White House To Help Hillary

by Hunter Walker at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-inner-circle-thinks-panetta-is-helping-hillary-2014-10

"SNIP......................

Multiple close allies of President Barack Obama believe his former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta might be taking shots at him as part of an effort to help Hillary Clinton's potential 2016 presidential bid.

Panetta has spent much of the past week promoting his new book, "Worthy Fights," by criticizing the White House's handling of Syria and the jihadist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS and ISIL).

The critique the president should have done more to fight the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before ISIS gained power in that country echoes one of the only attacks Clinton, Obama's former secretary of state, has leveled against her former boss in recent months. In the mid 1990s, Panetta served as White House chief of staff to Clinton's husband.

Because of his ties to the Clintons, some of Obama's allies suspect his attacks on the administration may be designed to help Hillary in 2016.



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[elleng]

1. Sounds stoopid to me,

but what do I know?

Am pissed he didn't hold it until after the elections.

[blm]

2. Heck, I knew that before his book even came out - same with Clark

and his book - preparing for the VP spot.

[JI7]

3. yeah, seems very obvious

[LawDeeDah]

5. yep.

how many shadow governments Do we have?

[mylye2222]

12. Hey. And Btw no need to help HRC.

She already has all the rights because she has the good named and good connections.

[AtomicKitten]

4. manipulative backstabbing, a Clinton specialty

ugh

[TwilightGardener]

6. Well, yeah, who can't see this?

My favorite Leon interview moment: when he pretends he's insulting the President's leadership three weeks before the midterms....of out of love and respect for him, and patriotism. He's just trying to help Obama, you see.

[blm]

13. Yeah, like Bill's summer2004 book tour interviews praising Bush's military decisions

and vigorously defending them from attacks being launched by Kerry - so helpful.

[LondonReign2]

7. Panetta is a conservodem Clinton creature

Not surprising in the least

[MannyGoldstein]

8. Hire a Clinton zombie?

Get a Clinton zombie.

[GeorgeGist]

9. Like bookends at Vanity Fair.

Hard Choices. Worthy Fights.

Saw Panetta on the Daily Show as a giggling fool.

[peacebird]

10. His attack is not going to help Hillary.....

[Cha]

11. How's that workin' out so far, Leon? He's got some reason.. maybe it's just to show how much

smarter he thinks he is than the President?