Obama picks Leon Panetta for CIA director - San Jose Mercury News (flag)
www.mercurynews.com — leon panetta Born: 1938, in Monterey; age 70 Education : Graduated from Monterey High School; B.A. from Santa Clara University; J.D. from Santa Clara University Law School Military service : U.S. Army, 1964-66 Congressman: U.S. congressman representing Monterey area, 1977-1993; chairman of House ...
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Leon Panetta, CIA Chief?
Power Line — ... Obama preferred someone with intelligence experience, like John Brennan. The problem is that just about everyone who fits that description had, like Brennan, some involvement in devising the intelligence strategies of the last seven years. Those strategies, including but not limited to the interrogation of terrorists, have been spectacularly successful. Normally, participation in them would be a major plus in a candidate for CIA director. ...

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