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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/6/2009
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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 that have roiled the US intelligence ...
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 ...
washingtonmonthly.com - 1/5/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
A ccording to the latest polls, two-thirds of
the American public believes that torturing suspected terrorists to
gain important information is justified in some circumstances. How did we transform from champions of human dignity and individual rights ...
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No Torture. No Exceptions. - Leon E. Panetta
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
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LEON PANETTA FOR CIA DIRECTOR: Richard Miniter comments: “Obama needs to explain why an inexperien…
Instapundit —
... Meanwhile, I saw Newt Gingrich on TV saying that the CIA “can’t be run by an outside political appointment.” I’m not so sure that it shouldn’t be, as I believe there’s some cleanup that needs to take place. Here’s a similar point from Angelo Codevilla: “Leon Panetta may not know very much about foreign affairs or defense matters. He is wholly unacquainted with the questions and quarrels that have roiled the US intelligence community for a half century. But, as veteran political warrior, he will do what President Obama expects ...
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