corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
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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 one of his own people, someone he absolutely ...
latimes.com - 1/6/2009
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latimes.com —
Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has
selected Leon E. Panetta, a former California congressman with
little experience on intelligence matters, to serve as the next director of the CIA, according to Democratic officials ...
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Leon Panetta is Obama's pick for CIA director - Los ...
politico.com - 1/5/2009
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politico.com —
Obama taps Leon Panetta, a former chief of
staff to Bill Clinton, for CIA director and retired Navy Admiral
Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence.
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Panetta, Blair land top intel posts
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/6/2009
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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 ...
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Even more on the Panetta pick
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... a place that's
full of stilettos and a track record for attempted presidential
assassination second to none. But Italians know all about political
assassination; you may remember Julius Caesar. Or Aldo Moro. The
self-proclaimed cognoscenti will deride his lack of "spycraft," and
he's never worked in the intel bureaucracy or, for that matter, in
foreign policy or national security. But he's been chief of staff,
which involved all that stuff. I think it's a smart move," - Michael Ledeen, NRO. ...
Neocons for Panetta
Ben Smith's Blog —
... Also: "He's going to watch Obama's back at a place that's full of stilettos," wrote Michael Ledeen, a conservative and Iraq War backer, on the National Review website. ...
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Pundit Review —
... guy. I’m sure this topic was discussed during the hiring process. I understand why BC is doing this. No, I do not think they would have any problem getting another highly qualified coach. From a bottom line legal standpoint, this Herald story makes it seem like BC doesn’t have a clause preventing the interview. Still, I like it. Debating Leon Panetta : Uncle Jimbo says the Panetta pick is a lurch left and rated it an F . Micheal Leeden disagrees, he thinks it’s a smart move . Richard Miniter says , “It is hard to know what is worse: the rampant ...
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Firedoglake —
... It appears that left/right politics may not be the best way to view the Panetta choice. Either that or the "intellectual left" has swelled with some surprising new members.
Michael Ledeen: ...
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Chicago Boyz —
... …The point I was trying to make about the Panetta appointment was that although his hands are not tainted by any acceptance of torture, that alone is hardly a sufficient reason to appoint him. I have learned that our fellow blogger and my friend Michael Ledeen has said Panetta is a good choice, as ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/5/2009 — From NBC's Chuck Todd and Savannah GuthriePresident-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Bill Clinton chief-of-staff and Iraq Study Group member Leon Panetta to be his CIA director. ...( read more )
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talkleft.com 1/5/2009 — NYTimes : President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff, to take over the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization that Mr. Obama criticized during the campaign for using ...
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firedoglake.com 1/5/2009 — President Elect Barack Obama has tapped Leon Panetta as his choice for Director of Central Intelligence. Panetta, the former eight term California Representative and former President Bill Clinton Chief of Staff, has no specific intelligence ...
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newshoggers.com 2/7/2009 — by Jay McDonough Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's Central Intelligence Agency Director
nominee, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday.
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Obama Taps Panetta to Head CIA
cqpolitics.com 1/6/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama has tapped former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta to head the CIA, a Democratic official confirmed Monday, but he may face some resistance on Capitol Hill. The incoming and outgoing chairs of the Senate ...
Sources: Panetta is pick for CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leon Panetta, chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN Monday.
The same officials said that retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who ...
Hamilton praises Panetta —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Abby Livingston Washington veteran Rep. Lee Hamilton said that his former Iraq Study Group colleague, Leon Panetta , will be a "superb" leader of the Central Intelligence Agency. Hamilton, a Democrat, spent 34 years in ...
Obama seeks swift passage of fiscal package —
Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the economic outlook darkening, U.S. president-elect Democrat Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice Republican support for a massive stimulus package with talk of big tax cuts.
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Obama picks former Clinton aide Panetta for CIA —
Reuters: Politics 1/6/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA, which has been widely criticized for harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, Democratic officials said on Monday.
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