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swamppolitics.com - 2/5/2009

CIA Panetta's fees: Defense, banking

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by Mark Silva Another senior-level and sensitive appointee of the Obama administration may be facing questions over his work in the private sector: Leon Panetta, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and a former chief of staff to President Clinton, ...

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telegraph.co.uk - 2/7/2009

CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US

— telegraph.co.uk — Barack Obama has been warned by the CIA that British Islamist extremists are the greatest threat to US homeland security. (more) CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the ...

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online.wsj.com - 2/5/2009

Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees

— online.wsj.com — CIA nominee Panetta earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since early 2008, with some of the payments coming from troubled banks. (more) Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees

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google.com - 2/6/2009

The Associated Press: Panetta takes back remarks on detainee rendition

— google.com — 8 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The United States will continue to hand foreign detainees over to other countries for questioning, but only with assurances they will not be tortured, Leon Panetta told a Senate committee considering his confirmation as ... (more) The Associated Press: Panetta takes back remarks on ...

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Will Leon Panetta be the next body under Obama's bus?
Top of the Ticket — ... Now our blogging pal Mark Silva in the Swamp has more details on the developing Panetta problems, indicating some senators may have more questions in the morning. ...

L.A. TIMES: Will Leon Panetta be the next body under Obama’s bus? Getting kinda crowded down there…
Instapundit — ... Getting kinda crowded down there. More at The Swamp. The White House doesn’t sound worried . . . but, then, they weren’t worried about Daschle, either. ...

Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: How the stimulus will work
Doug Ross @ Journal — [image] Panetta's fees came from failed banks : Swamp Carnahan: a story of vote fraud, rape and murder : Gateway Kennedy: hog farmers more dangerous than Bin Laden : Times House Dems party at taxpayer expense : Hill Cheney warns of new attacks : Politico Class move: no : Crittenden Unions: the 7 lies : LRI Online The audacity of image : Surber Ethics, tax payments remain in news : Prairie Parisi: Democrats' call for civility 8 years late : Times Has Obama gone to war with Pelosi? : Hot Air ...

Is the Road Tough Ahead for Panetta?
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] I'd really doubt he's going down, but, well, if Senator Feinstein wants to show some strength ... there's this : Leon Panetta, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and a former chief of staff to President Clinton, has made hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting and speaking fees. His clients included a defense contracting firm, the Carlyle Group, and troubled financial firms - Merrill Lynch and Wachovia. The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to consider Panetta's nomination on Thursday. Some of the senators may be asking about ...