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The New Intelligence Regime: No Biased Intel, No Torture, ‘No Exceptions’
washingtonindependent.com — More important than anything Director of National Intelligence-nominee Dennis Blair and CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta said at... their rollout this morning — it’s a rollout, after all, so you’re not getting anything controversial — were two things ... (more) The New Intelligence Regime: No Biased Intel, No ...
Panetta's Lament: They Had No Plan | The New York Observer
Panetta's Lament: They Had No Plan | The New York Observer
observer.com — The argument that the constant carping about Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been a function of an Obama-friendly,... process-obsessed media is well and good. But how, then, to explain the deeply held dissatisfaction of an old Clinton loyalist like Leon ... (more) Panetta's Lament: They Had No Plan | The New York ...
Panetta's Experience
democracyarsenal.org — One thing to remember about Leon Panetta, if he is confirmed as CIA Director , is that... he’ll bring an interesting asset to the intel community. He knows how brains work inside the West Wing because he was there as White House Chief of Staff, and ... (more) Panetta's Experience
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ThinkFast: January 7, 2009
Think Progress — ... Speaking of Leon Panetta’s qualifications to head the CIA, former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke remarked: “He was in the small handful of people who knew there was a terrorism problem long before anybody else had heard of al-Qaeda.” ...

Panetta Snags Key Sandy 'Socks' Berger Endorsement
JammieWearingFool — Be afraid. Be very afraid . Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger, Lake's deputy before becoming national security adviser himself, said that Panetta "was part of the decision-making process for every single issue we were dealing with, whether this was in the Oval Office with the president or the Cabinet Room -- the Middle East, Kosovo, China. He was a part of a small group of people who advised the president how to proceed on strategy and substance." That alone is enough to disqualify him. If you need further evidence, consider ...

I feel so much better about the Panetta DCI appointment…NOT
No Runny Eggs — ... former Clinton-era National Security Advisor Sandy Burgla…er, Burger giving DCI-Designate (and fellow Clintonista) Leon Panetta a rather dubious endorsement. From the Washington Post story: ...

Sandy Burglar Says Leon’s Cool With Him … Ralph Peters Says, ‘Bullshit!’
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... mention something … Notice how the ‘faulty intelligence’ mantra seemed to drop into some black hole and be replaced by ‘faulty intelligence’ concerning WMD and the Iraq War? BOTH files of intel were gathered during the Clinton Administration. However, it’s easier to distance Clinton and his staff from the war than from an attack on our own soil only months after leaving office … so one simple gets ignored. WaPo: Panetta’s Peers Back Him for CIA They Cite Years of Relevant ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for January 9, 2009
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... I'm truly sorry to say Repuglicans will always be "me first," they will never embrace the concept of "we"! Their ideology is not, I repeat is not a flexible, inclusive, uniting for the good of all philosophy, they are a group of people with a rigid, unyielding, severe, written in stone set of uncompromising standards! Their desire is not "democracy," their basis of need is to dictate and rule! * * * "Panetta's Peers Back Him for CIA. They Cite Years of Relevant Experience." Leon Panetta obviously does have the experience he needs to be CIA Director!!! Here lately one can ...

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Support for Panetta trickles inPOLITICO.com: Politics 1/7/2009
After a rocky start, at least five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are backing Leon Panetta.  
Support for Panetta trickles in (Politico)Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/7/2009
Politico - After a rocky start, Barack Obama’s choice to lead the CIA gained critical support in Congress on Tuesday, with at least five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee backing Leon Panetta.
Townsend: U.S. needs a spy chief with experienceCNN.com - Politics 1/7/2009
Leon Panetta is an impressive man with many laudable achievements to his credit.