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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
Panetta, Obama, and the Senate
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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 the CIA Director. I know nothing about this, ...

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Outside The Beltway | OTB:  Leon Panetta as CIA Director

firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
Even more on the Panetta pick
— firstread.msnbc.msn.com — From NBC's Andrea MitchellNBC News has learned that Senate Democrats -- including Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller, who are the incoming and outgoing Intelligence chairmen -- have privately recommended a career CIA officer to head the ... (more) Even more on the Panetta pick

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Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step
nytimes.com - 1/6/2009
Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step
— nytimes.com — The choice of Leon E. Panetta, a former White House chief of staff, to head the intelligence agency raised questions about his relevant experience. > (more) Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step
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thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
00-Huh? Former intel officials react to Panetta CIA pick
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — Early reaction to the news today that President-Elect Obama plans to name former congressman and Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to be his CIA director was greeted by intelligence watchers in town with something approaching ... (more) 00-Huh? Former intel officials react to Panetta CIA pick

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Leon Panetta as CIA Director
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... Byron York says, “Word is Obama didn’t tell outgoing chairman Jay Rockefeller, either.”  Unusual if true.  And, frankly, odd for a transition team that has been universally praised for its diligence and smoothness. ...

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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 ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/6/2009 — 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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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 too inexperienced for CIA?
swamppolitics.com 1/7/2009 — by Frank James Reports that President-elect Barack Obama intends to make Leon Panetta director of the Central Intelligence Agency not only surprised some key Capitol Hill Democrats but left them questioning the former congressman and Clinton ...
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...
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Panetta to CIA
corner.nationalreview.com 1/6/2009 — 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 ...
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 ...
Feinstein's O.K. With Panetta at C.I.A.
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 1/7/2009 — The senator from California eases off her objections to a new director for the C.I.A.
Feinstein's Aboard For Panetta
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/7/2009 — Via AP, we see that incoming Senate intelligence chairman Dianne Feinstein is now supportive of Leon Panetta's nomination to head the CIA. Seems that Panetta called Feinstein last night and she is "confident he'd surround himself with good ...
Panetta a surprise pick to run the CIA — L.A. Times - Politics 1/6/2009
Leon Panetta, a former congressman and Clinton chief of staff, would give Obama a political ally at the helm of the troubled spy agency. > In choosing Leon ...
Obama puts Panetta in unfamiliar waters (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
Politico - In choosing Leon Panetta to head the CIA, President-elect Obama is taking one of the capital's most familiar faces and thrusting him into a starkly unfamiliar role.
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CNN=Politics Daily is The Best Political Podcast from The Best Political Team. (CNN) — From horse-drawn carriages to bullet proof sedans – presidential transportation has surely changed since William McKinley took the oath of office at the ...
Obama apologizes to Feinstein for CIA surprise — msnbc.com: Politics 1/6/2009
Sen. Dianne Feinstein says President-elect Barack Obama apologized to her for not notifying her ahead of time that Leon Panetta was his pick for CIA director.
Obama apologizes to Feinstein for his CIA surprise (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/6/2009
AP - Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that President-elect Barack Obama apologized to her for not notifying her ahead of time that Leon Panetta was his pick for CIA director.