attackerman.firedoglake.com - 1/5/2009
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Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who's about to take the reins as chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, doesn't appear to be too happy with Leon Panetta's prospective appointment to the CIA. Here's what her office just sent me:
“I was not informed about the ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/6/2009
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein believes the CIA is best-served
by having an intelligence professional in charge. (CNN) –-
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon ...
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Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick
washingtonindependent.com - 1/5/2009
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who’s about
to take the reins as chairwoman of the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, doesn’t appear to be too happy with Leon Panetta’s prospective appointment to head the CIA. ...
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Dianne Feinstein Not Too Pleased With Panetta Pick
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
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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 ...
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Even more on the Panetta pick
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Feinstein Doesn't Love Panetta CIA Pick
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... Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) doesn't sound happy about President-elect Obama's choice for CIA director, Leon Panetta, reports Spencer Ackerman . "I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA Director," Feinstein told Ackerman. "I know nothing about this, other than what I’ve read." Feinstein, the next chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, also took issue with Panetta's lack of intelligence experience. "My position has consistently been that I believe the Agency is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge at ...
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... as director of office of management and administration. California Senator Diane Feinstein isn’t happy about Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta. The Wall Street Journal takes potshots at ...
Feinstein And Rockefeller To Obama: We Liked Bush’s Appointees More
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... Shortly after the news leaked, however, the incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), issued a statement complaining that she was not “consulted” about the Panetta selection and condemning his appointment: ...
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/7/2009 — Via AP, we see that incoming Senate intelligence chairman Dianne Feinstein is now supportive of Leon Panetta's nomination to head the CIA.
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/6/2009 —
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. ...
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Panetta, Obama, and the Senate
corner.nationalreview.com 1/6/2009 — On Panetta -- in addition to opinions in The Corner, there is the ever-so-slightly more important opinion of the new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein:
I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be ...
Questions for Panetta
weeklystandard.com 1/16/2009 — Eli Lake has an excellent piece in the Washington Times today sifting through Leon Panetta's record on rendition as Clinton's chief of staff. Panetta, Obama's nominee to head the CIA, will face confirmation hearings next week. As Lake points out, ...
Re Panetta
corner.nationalreview.com 1/6/2009 — Angelo Codevilla, author of the new book Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft, tells NRO:
Leon Panetta may not know very much about foreign affairs or defense matters. He is wholly unacquainted with the questions and quarrels ...
Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director —
Wash Post In Congress 1/6/2009
President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.
Feinstein now supports Panetta to head CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/7/2009
Sen. Feinstein said Wednesday that she will back President-elect Obama's pick to head the CIA.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Just two days after she criticized President-elect Obama’s pick to head the sometimes-troubled CIA because he is not an ...
Feinstein warming to Panetta pick —
First Read 1/7/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandIs incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein warming to the idea of Leon Panetta as the next CIA director? Seems like it.
Sen. Feinstein said she had "a long talk" with Panetta last night. "We laughed ...
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