What?? I should be to produce accurate and timely information about all of America's opponents in the world. Give the information about terrorists' locations to somebody competent, the military for example.
I want to know about Russian and Chines weapon systems, their location and capabilities, and who is buying them. CIA efforts at regime change have been notoriously inept. They need to stick to spying until they get that right.
Going back to the Clinton thinking — Police actions.
Appointing a former political hack operative and Clinton loyalist to run the CIA just shows that Obama means to use the CIA to watch US, not THEM.
apparently their new director, based on his resume, will be able to direct their spying to important issues like global warming and civil rights violations