thehill.com - 5/15/2009
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CIA Director Leon Panetta challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusations that the agency lied to her, writing a memo to his agents saying she received nothing but the truth.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 5/15/2009
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded Friday
to CIA Director Leon Panetta's public disagreement with her
charge that she was misled by the agency on the use of waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques. "We all ...
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Pelosi responds to Panetta comments
latimes.com - 5/19/2009
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latimes.com —
In a bid to defuse political skirmishing over
the Bush administration's interrogation methods, CIA Director Leon E.
Panetta urged Congress on Monday not to allow the debate to become a distraction from the security threats facing the country. "We are ...
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CIA chief Leon Panetta urges Congress to stay focused - ...
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Panetta contradicts Pelosi, tries to mitigate the damage she inflicted on his agency
Power Line —
... CIA Director Leon Panetta, a former House colleague of Speaker Pelosi, has contradicted Pelosi's claim that his Agency lied to her about waterboarding. In a letter to CIA employees, Panetta stated that, according to CIA records, "CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing 'the enhanced techniques that had been employed.'" Panetta added: ...
The Cia and Pelosi have a throw down
Betsy's Page —
... how that former Democratic colleague of Pelosi, Leon Panetta, would respond. He responded yesterday and he's thrown in his lot with his new job . As head of the CIA, he couldn't allow his agency to be accused of lying to Congress. That's a felony and not much appreciated at Langley. In an open letter to CIA employees and to the press, ...
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Panetta urges Agency to 'ignore the noise' —
CNN Political Ticker 5/15/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — CIA Director Leon Panetta is urging the agency's employees to "ignore the noise" surrounding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim she was misled by the organization on interrogation techniques.
In a memo obtained by CNN, Panetta ...
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