Head of the CIA got a promotion today Let the conspiracy continue http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/53790.html Leon Panetta will succeed Robert Gates at Department of Defense In a long-awaited revamping of his national security team, President Barack Obama has chosen a consummate Washington insider, CIA director Leon Panetta, to guide the Pentagon through what promises to be a turbulent period of transition and given Panettaâs old job to Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. militaryâs most famous officer.