YA THINK? Panetta Comments Stoked Unmet Expectations. “Panetta, who had little intelligence experience before taking the CIA job two years ago, has been praised for his skill in leading a notoriously temperamental agency, and for handling public controversies with a deft touch.” Deft.

UPDATE: Obama Intelligence Official Prepared For Congressional Testimony On Egypt…By Watching CNN. Why do we spend those billions on intelligence, again?

ANOTHER UPDATE: A call to fire Panetta.

Related: Maybe the world doesn’t actually work according to the transformative moments visualizations of President Obama.

RELATED: CIA: Our Mideast Forecasts Kind Of Suck. Ya think?