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huffingtonpost.com - 2/5/2009
Panetta Confirmation Hearing: Obama's CIA Pick Says He Wants Answers
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WASHINGTON — CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta says the CIA interrogators who used waterboarding or other harsh techniques against prisoners on the authority of the White House should not be prosecuted. Panetta told a Senate panel on Thursday that those individuals should not be ...

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Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees
online.wsj.com - 2/5/2009
Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees
— online.wsj.com — CIA nominee Panetta earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since early 2008, with some of the payments coming from troubled banks. (more) Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees

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CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward' (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 2/6/2009
CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward' (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - The man nominated to head the CIA, Leon Panetta, says it's time for the agency to move ahead, not to dwell on the harsh treatment of foreign detainees in the previous administration. (more) CIA nominee Panetta: 'We've got to move forward' (AP)

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politico.com - 2/7/2009
Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing
— politico.com — Following Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building. There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a ... (more) Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing

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Political Animal — ... . * Leon Panetta said exactly what needed to be said during his CIA confirmation hearing today. * There's been some conflicting reports today about whether Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) is sticking to his misguided cuts in the stimulus package. Based on the most recent update, ...

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When asked whether extraordinary renditions will continue, Panetta answers without hestitation: ‘No.’
thinkprogress.org 2/5/2009 — Last week, the LA Times published a story asserting that President Obama “ left intact ” the CIA’s authority to carry out extraordinary renditions. (The unfounded claim was thoroughly debunked .) At his confirmation hearing before ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/6/2009 — Panetta just said that if they caught Osama bin Laden, they would find a place to hold him briefly, give him access to the International Red Cross, and use the Army Field Manual to question him. If we had followed this policy when Khalid Sheikh ...
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At his confirmation hearing this afternoon, CIA director nominee Leon Panetta was prepared with a series of crisp answers. Yes, waterboarding is torture. Yes, the CIA will cooperate with Justice Department investigations into intelligence policies. No, the president cannot order CIA operatives ...
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Leon E. Panetta, President Obama's pick to head the CIA, earned more than $1 million last year in consulting and speaking fees and from service on the boards of nearly a dozen institutions and corporations, according to documents released yesterday.  ...