digbysblog.blogspot.com - 1/6/2009
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Monday, January 05, 2009 Boo Hoo by digby Dianne Feinstein is having a little public fit because she wasn't consulted about Panetta and had instructed the president-elect that he had to choose an "intelligence professional." Well, excuse me. When did Difi get a veto on cabinet appointments? 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
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/5/2009
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New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his
name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new...
administration of President-elect Barack Obama . With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his ...
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Billygate: Why Obama dumped Gov. Richardson now
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... I have no idea if putting a person free of significant intelligence experience in charge of the CIA is a good idea or a bad one, but if doing so pisses off Dianne Feinstein then I'm all for it. Feinstein was a torture enabler and as such she gets no say. ...
Pushback against Panetta
Political Animal —
... , she "had no problem voting yea for Porter Goss, George Tenet, and Michael Hayden, as well as Mike Mukasey, Robert Mueller, and Donald Rumsfeld," so it's odd that she'd try to "knee-cap her own party's nominee for CIA." Digby added , "The fact is that DiFi is actually implicated in the torture regime and should just shut up on this." Feinstein and Rockefeller notwithstanding, the Panetta selection, which won't be official until later this week, has drawn a fair amount of praise from credible voices. Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-N.J.), chairman of a House Intelligence Committee ...
The Netroots Heart Panetta
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... of the Panetta selection. "The fact is that DiFi is actually implicated in the torture regime and should just shut up on this," one blogger snapped. ...
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Obama Picks Panetta as CIA Director —
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