https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/01/06/the-business-of-princes/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:16:04 -0400<![CDATA[Kathryn Jean Lopez at the National Review cites a former CIA person who thinks Leon Panetta is a good appointment for DCI simply because he&#8217;s an outsider to the agency and would be in a position to break its culture. Panetta wouldn&#8217;t be the first appointee to the CIA whose primary qualification was not being from there. If you read the text very carefully though, &#8220;Ishmael Jones&#8221; isn&#8217;t praising Panetta, so much as endorsing what he believes is Obama&#8217;s plan to bring it to heel, because he thinks Obama is a jealous taskmaster, unlike GWB who tolerated insubordination out of a &#8220;misplaced sense&#8221; of loyalty to subordinates.]]>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:14:09 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/01/06/the-business-of-princes-n186915