News Analysis: Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters at C.I.A.

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nytimes.com - 1/9/2009

News Analysis: Building Bridges Over Troubled Waters at C.I.A.

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For Leon E. Panetta, the task of running the C.I.A. will be made even more difficult because of pressure to oust officials who played a role in the agency’s secret interrogation program. >

corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009

Panetta to CIA

— corner.nationalreview.com — In the very early days of the Bush administration, Karl Rove asked a Washington policy wonk what... personnel changes he'd recommend to newly arrived George W. The wonk said "there is one matter of life and death: he must replace Tenet at CIA and put in ... (more) Panetta to CIA

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Karl Rove

Barack Obama

Washington, D.C

Leon Panetta

U.S. Army

CIA

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washingtonindependent.com - 1/15/2009

Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?

— washingtonindependent.com — My friend Eli Lake reports for The Washington Times that Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on... Intelligence intend to question CIA director-designate Leon Panetta about whether he played any role in ordering terrorism suspects to be kidnapped ... (more) Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?

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Leon Panetta

CIA

Bill Clinton

Washington, D.C

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pajamasmedia.com - 1/6/2009

Leon Panetta for CIA?

— pajamasmedia.com — 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 ... (more) Leon Panetta for CIA?

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Leon Panetta

Barack Obama

Washington, D.C

Jane Harman

CIA

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The Caucus — ... “Clearly, the situation is dire, it is deteriorating, and it demands urgent and dramatic action,” he said. Mr. Obama made the remarks in Washington before he officially announced more members of his national security team, Leon E. Panetta , his choice for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and retired Adm. Dennis Blair, as his director of national intelligence. He also announced ...

CIA Renewed Contract With Psychologists Who Endorsed Waterboarding Weeks After Obama Took Office Before Firing Them
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