That's a good point. Panetta, despite being a Clinton political hack, has been good about protecting his turf and his agents, especially those in the field. Cutting Obamakov off the feed during this op would keep his people safe. But that assumes the "officials" reviewing this data aren't political hacks and don't go running to Erica Holder and say "OMG they slaughtered unarmed extremists, we need some courts martial to cover our phony baloney butts"! But if Leon did cut the WH out of the op, it kind of puts in perspective Duh Wun's desire to replace Panetta with Petraeus. The Dear Leader must think he can better control the General than 'ol Leon. But I don't see Leon leaving voluntarily, so he'll be forced to sack him, and that could really poison relations even more with the folks on The Hill (not to mention Langley!). This is turning into a world class fustercluck.
