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Panetta, Obama, and the Senate
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] 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 the CIA Director. I know nothing about this, other than what I ve read. My position has consistently been that I believe the Agency is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time. Ouch. It is interesting that Obama would settle on a CIA director without even giving a heads-up to the Intelligence ...
Why I Respect My (Democratic) Senior Senator
GayPatriot —
... If you want to know why I respect my state’s senior Senator, Dianne Feinstein, while regularly disagreeing with her on any number of issues, just take a gander at this headline: Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick. This responsible Democrat has taken issue with the president-elect of her own party for tapping a political hack to head the CIA. ...
Obama Snubs Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
So Obama chose Leon Panetta to head the CIA and then he forgot to consult with, or bother to mention it to Dianne Feinstein, the incoming Chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence! Senator Feinstein read about it in the New York Times. The sweetie is pissed: “I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA Director. I know nothing about this, other than what I’ve read,” Feinstein said in a statement. “My position has consistently been that I believe the Agency is best-served by ...
Leon Panetta as CIA Director
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... Dianne Feinstein, the incoming chair of the Senate intel committee and a liberal Democrat, is less than sold. ...
Diane Feinstein: Leon Panetta Terrible Pick
Pirate's Cove —
You have to respect the fact that Diane is facing reality, unlike so many leading Democrats, and, interestingly, CNN goes with a word in a headline one rarely sees in relation to a Democrat: “slams”
Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta as director of the CIA Monday.
“I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to ...
Diane Feinstein: Leon Panetta Terrible Pick
Stop The ACLU —
You have to respect the fact that Diane is facing reality, unlike so many leading Democrats, and, interestingly, CNN goes with a word in a headline one rarely sees in relation to a Democrat: “slams” Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta as director of the CIA Monday. “I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA Director. I know nothing about this, other than what I’ve read,” Feinstein said in a statement. “My position ...
Obama Selects Inexperienced Candidate For CIA Chief
Perfunction —
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You know, why not?
(h/t: memeorandum for the Panetta story)
The New Inquistion
N/A —
... about him. Of course Dianne Feinstein wants a regular experienced CIA guy in charge. Someone who is part of the current network. Just like she is. An enabler of all the poor criminal policy on interrogation. (And domestic spying too.) ...
How Intelligent a Choice?
Opinionator —
In yesterday’s roundup of reactions to the Leon-Panetta-to-C.I.A. decision, the Opinionator filed before we heard from a voice a bit more influential than those of us in pajamas: “Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta as director of the CIA Monday,” reports CNN. Feinstein’s complaint: “I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA Director. I know nothing about this, other than what I’ve read. My position has consistently been that I believe the Agency is ...
Panetta, the Bushes and Spying
The Moderate Voice —
... For those who have been fueling an uproar over the proposed new Director’s lack of experience in the spook profession, the naming of the CIA’s head office may offer some perspective. ...
Panetta? Why not?
The Reaction —
... I think the intelligence community is right to be concerned. The question is, after all, just how political is he, just how close to Obama? What is needed at the CIA is integrity and independence, not an extension of the West Wing. Still, like the three mentioned above, I take comfort in the fact that his selection has shaken and stirred the Republican-enabling (and torture-enabling) Democratic intelligence leadership on Capitol Hill, notably Senators Dianne "fratricide" Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller. Sullivan: ...
Paul Jenkins: Obama's Big Tent Bursting at the Seams
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... rating: it's kind of hard to dissent too strongly. At most you throw a tiff here and a tiff there, Dianne Feinstein-style, but really you try your best to toe the line. Sooner or later, though, Obama will be less popular and, at that point, he will be dealing with a party that is very large and very diverse, and whose many voices will want to be heard, especially at election time. ...
