CQ:

Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat expected to chair the Senate Intelligence Committee next year, called Thursday for new leadership for the nation’s intelligence community.

“My view is that it’s time for a new start,” Feinstein said in an interview. Her call deals a blow to the prospects of Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell and CIA Director Michael V. Hayden carrying over to the administration of President-elect Barack Obama.

Feinstein is poised to take the gavel of the Intelligence panel from John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., who is expected to chair the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Both McConnell and Hayden meanwhile signaled publicly that they would like to remain in their posts under Obama. ...

Posted by Laura at November 14, 2008 12:30 AM