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nytimes.com - 1/7/2009

Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta

— nytimes.com — Barack Obama and his aides scrambled to defend the choice of Leon E. Panetta as C.I.A. director.... > (more) Obama Seeks to Mend a Party Rift Over Panetta

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/6/2009

The Panetta Pick

— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Leon Panetta’s served in congress, served in the military, served as Chief of Staff in the White... House; he’s served on blue ribbon commissions and worked for politicians of both parties. And Barack Obama wants him to be CIA Director. ... (more) The Panetta Pick

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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009

The Opposition To Panetta

— andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — Josh is onto something : I'm not certain what I think about this appointment yet. But on... first blush, the nature of the opposition makes me more inclined to support it. That strikes me as exactly right. Feinstein and Rockefeller sense a real ... (more) The Opposition To Panetta

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Neocons For Panetta
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — First Ledeen, now Doug Feith and Richard Perle. Obama is scrambling things ideologically again. In a good way.

Welcome Fellow Travelers to the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy!
Firedoglake — ... And then there are those crazy lefties Doug Feith and Richard Perle.   Pinkos all. I think Andrew Sullivan has a much more insightful evaluation of the situation: ...

It's Torture, Stupid: Why Obama Picked Leon Panetta to Head the CIA
Politics Daily — ... , but the root of that dispute, again, seems to center on whether or not a person without a background as a spy can effectively lead the CIA. And that brings us, oddly enough, to neocon Richard Pearle, who, via Ben Smith, adds: ...

Op-ed at Pajamas Media
Chicago Boyz — ... Panetta is a good choice, as have Richard Perle and Douglas Feith. Their arguments, that he is a good manager and can possibly clean up a highly ineffective and politicized CIA, hopefully has merit. Counterpoints, however, have been effectively made by J.G. Thayer, who writing on the Commentary magazine’s ...

Obama Rolls Out Blair, Panetta; Vows “No Exceptions” to US Values
Firedoglake — ... you're not getting anything controversial -- were two things President-elect Obama said that directly repudiate the intelligence regime of the previous administration. First, among the "tough lessons" of the last eight years is "to insist on assessments based solely on facts, and not to seek information to support any ideological agenda" and to receive thorough information, "even if it's not always the information we want." (Do Obama's intelligence picks still have the support of Doug Feith and Richard Perle now?) ...