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latimes.com - 1/6/2009

Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA, according to Democratic officials ... (more) Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los ...

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Barack Obama

Washington, D.C

Leon Panetta

CIA

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politico.com - 1/5/2009

Panetta, Blair land top intel posts

— politico.com — Obama taps Leon Panetta, a former chief of staff to Bill Clinton, for CIA director and retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence. (more) Panetta, Blair land top intel posts

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Barack Obama

Leon Panetta

Bill Clinton

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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009

Even more on the Panetta pick

— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Andrea MitchellNBC News has learned that Senate Democrats -- including Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller, who are the incoming and outgoing Intelligence chairmen -- have privately recommended a career CIA officer to head the ... (more) Even more on the Panetta pick

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Dianne Feinstein

Barack Obama

Homeland Security

CIA

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War and Piece — ... : Leon Panetta to be named CIA director. Update : Former intelligence officials react to Panetta pick. Posted by Laura at January 5, 2009 02:27 PM

Leon Panetta For DCI?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... background of the incoming President of the United States, one might expect that experience would be downgraded. But after a while, these snide dismissals of experience grow lame, do they not? We have a major task ahead of us to augment our intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities and we are picking someone to serve as DCI who has no background whatsoever in these matters. Am I to believe that we shouldn’t be nervous over that? I am certainly nervous over this: A former senior CIA manager said the message of the Panetta appointment ...

Leon Panetta For DCI?
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — ... course, given the background of the incoming President of the United States, one might expect that experience would be downgraded. But after a while, these snide dismissals of experience grow lame, do they not? We have a major task ahead of us to augment our intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities and we are picking someone to serve as DCI who has no background whatsoever in these matters. Am I to believe that we shouldn't be nervous over that? I am certainly nervous over this : A former senior CIA manager said the message of the Panetta appointment was clear: "The ...

How Intelligent a Choice?
Opinionator — ... Francisco Mayor does not walk in lockstep with her party’s leadership and understands that Republicans are political adversaries, not mortal enemies. She often works with Republicans on key issues, even when her party leadership favors obstruction. And as this statement shows, takes issue with her party when she thinks its leaders have proposed bad policies or otherwise blundered. Foreign Policy’s Laura Rozen has talked to some insiders, and one (who conveniently remains anonymous) thinks Feinstein is spot-on : A former senior CIA manager said the message of the Panetta ...

The Panetta Pick
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Laura Rozen talks to various intelligence insiders: The Panetta choice makes sense to him, said Philip Zelikow, a former counselor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (and Foreign Policy writer). "The issues of presidential trust and clean hands are, at this moment in history, most important," Zelikow said by e-mail. "And even an 'intelligence professional' would have to rely on others in many ways. ... So Obama and his team have made a certain kind of tradeoff." ...

Blogtalk: The Panetta Surprise
The Caucus — Intelligence experts are divided . Several key Democratic lawmakers openly expressed their displeasure . And the commentary in the blogosphere about President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to put Leon E. Panetta in charge of the Central Intelligence Agency is all over the map. One point on which everyone seems to agree, however, was that Mr. Obama, who has not officially announced his choice of Mr. Panetta, seemed to take most everyone by surprise. “Talk about intelligence failures,” David Rothkopf wrote on his blog at ForeignPolicy.com . Washington ...

Frank Naif: If You Think Panetta's Wrong For CIA, You Might Be Part Of The Problem
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Monday afternoon that the Obama team had named veteran Democratic politician Leon Panetta as CIA Director was greeted by the national security reporters and bloggers first with surprise and ...