politico.com - 1/6/2009
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Leon Panetta, I report today, has found some unlikely -- and perhaps unwelcome -- allies among the neoconservatives who backed the Iraq war, and clashed bitterly with the CIA in the Bush years.
Panetta is "a very smart, very capable guy with a lot of experience - I think he's the right ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/6/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
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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The Panetta Pick
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/6/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
Josh is onto something : I'm not certain
what I think about this appointment yet. But on...
first blush, the nature of the opposition makes me more inclined to support it. That strikes me as exactly right. Feinstein and Rockefeller sense a real ...
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The Opposition To Panetta
corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
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"Ishmael Jones" is a former deep-cover officer with
the Central Intelligence Agency. He is author of The...
Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture, published last year by Encounter Books. I asked him overnight what he thought ...
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Panetta a 'Brave' Choice, Says Former CIA Agent
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... some key center-Right policy aims. Those tax cuts might sound like good news, but they're bundled with some giant hikes in spending; they're basically a way to bribe Republicans into voting for the "stimulus" package. As for the rest -- well, it's no surprise that a Commentary writer would find more value in Robert Gates keeping his job than in blocking Detroit's corporate welfare package. Meanwhile, Richard Perle and Douglas Feith seem happy with Obama's choice to run the CIA.
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politico.com 1/6/2009 — January 06, 2009 Categories: Transition Neocons for Panetta Leon Panetta, I report today, has found some unlikely -- and perhaps unwelcome -- allies among the neoconservatives who backed the Iraq war, and clashed bitterly with the CIA in the Bush ...
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 ...
Panetta to CIA
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/6/2009 — This smells a bit of desperation. Leon Panetta is a terrific guy, a fine public servant--one of those people who reek of sanity and good judgment--but he doesn't have much, if any, experience in spook world. The problem was trying to find a DCI with ...
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 ...
Panetta great on torture
washingtonmonthly.com 1/6/2009 — PANETTA GREAT ON TORTURE.... With Leon Panetta slated to take over the CIA, for many of us, and I include myself in this, the first question is pretty straightforward: how is he on torture? Atrios pointed to an op-ed piece...
Leon Panetta for CIA?
pajamasmedia.com 1/6/2009 — Leon Panetta, a former congressman with no intelligence experience, has been tapped to run the CIA in the Obama Administration.
It is hard to know what is worse: the rampant Washington insiderdom or the shocking lack of experience. Panetta did not ...
Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 1/5/2009 — Leon Panetta has a reputation in Washington as a competent manager with strong background in budget issues, but has little hands-on intelligence experience.
CIA Director Says Pelosi Received The Truth
thehill.com 5/15/2009 — CIA Director Leon Panetta challenged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusations that the agency lied to her, writing a memo to his agents saying she received nothing but the truth.
Panetta on Torture
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/5/2009 — As Joe notes below , multiple news outlets are reporting that Obama has found his next CIA director: Leon Panetta, who once quit the Nixon Administration in protest over his Civil Rights policy, and later became a chief of staff to President Bill ...
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CNN Political Ticker 1/6/2009
CNN: Bill Richardson bows out of commerce secretary job
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is withdrawing his nomination to be commerce secretary, citing the distraction of a federal investigation into ties to a company that has done business with his ...
Bush and Obama Consulted on Gaza —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 1/6/2009
John D. McKinnon reports on the White House.
President George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama discussed the situation in Gaza briefly during a telephone call on New Years Day, the White House confirmed. That appeared to suggest ...
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