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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/5/2009

Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director

— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — Leon Panetta has a reputation in Washington as a competent manager with strong background in budget issues, but has little hands-on intelligence experience. (more) Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director

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Leon Panetta

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latimes.com - 1/6/2009

Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los Angeles Times

— latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA, according to Democratic officials ... (more) Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los ...

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Barack Obama

Washington, D.C

Leon Panetta

CIA

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washingtonmonthly.com - 1/5/2009

No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta

— washingtonmonthly.com — A ccording to the latest polls, two-thirds of the American public believes that torturing suspected terrorists to gain important information is justified in some circumstances. How did we transform from champions of human dignity and individual rights ... (more) No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta

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Leon Panetta: Obama's CIA Director, Reports Say
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... unwelcoming to previous directors perceived as outsiders, such as Stansfield M. Turner and John M. Deutch. But his selection points up the difficulty Mr. Obama had in finding a C.I.A. director with no connection to controversial counterterrorism programs of the Bush era. Panetta criticized Hillary Clinton's campaign last winter in a New York Observer interview, saying they had underestimated Obama. A biography of Panetta can be found on his own website. ...

Leon Panetta to Head CIA
Daily Kos — According to Chuck Todd and Samantha Guthrie at NBC News, Leon Panetta has been chosen by Obama to be the Director of the CIA. His resume highlights from the Panetta Institute website: Panetta was a U.S. Representative from California’s 16th (now 17th) district from 1977 to 1993. As a House member, he was a key participant in the 1990 budget summit as well as every other budget summit during the 1980s. He authored the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988; the Fair Employment Practices Resolution extending civil rights protections to House ...

The Leon E. Panetta Central Intelligence Agency. . .?
The Washington Note — ... I have always liked Leon Panetta. He's human, smart, generally straightforward. I dealt with him a number of times when I was working in the Senate for ...

Steve Clemons: The Leon E. Panetta Central Intelligence Agency. . .?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... I have always liked Leon Panetta. He's human, smart, generally straightforward. I dealt with him a number of times when I was working in the Senate for ...

Another Donor List We Must See: Who Gave Millions to CIA-Director-in-Waiting Leona Panetta?
Debbie Schlussel — ... In order to get his wife vetted for Secretary of State, Bill Clinton released the donor list to his foundation. But, now, there's another list we must see: who donated about $10 million to the Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy? ...

Panetta too inexperienced for CIA?
The Swamp — ... Panetta may not have CIA experience but he's a long-time Washington political insider with deep experience on Capitol Hill, where he was House Budget Chairman, and just as deep experience in the Executive Branch where he served as President Clinton's Office of Management and Budget and Chief of Staff and before his congressional career in Health and Human Services Department. ...

Odds And Ends, Let The Confirmation Hearings Begin
Hotline On Call Part Deux — ... Expect Obama to officially name Leon Panetta as his CIA director tomorrow during a 10:30 event at the transition office in Washington. ...