npr.org - 2/13/2009
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The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the CIA on Thursday, placing the nation's top spy agency in the hands of a government veteran valued for his skills as a lawmaker and policy manager rather than as an expert at intelligence-gathering and analysis.
telegraph.co.uk - 2/7/2009
google.com - 2/6/2009
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8 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The United States
will continue to hand foreign detainees over to other
countries for questioning, but only with assurances they will not be tortured, Leon Panetta told a Senate committee considering his confirmation as ...
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The Associated Press: Panetta takes back remarks on ...
politico.com - 2/7/2009
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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 ...
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Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing
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RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Besides pledging not to interfere in the CIA’s day-to-day intelligence operations, [new Director of Central Intelligence Leon] Panetta said he would keep on Deputy Director Steven Kappes and three other top officials at the spy agency. He also said he would encourage differing opinions within the agency and would brief the full House and Senate intelligence committees as much as possible, not just their top members.
–Source. (Emphasis mine.) What good is a DCI who does not get involved in intelligence operations? ...
Revealing Passage Of The Day
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Besides pledging not to interfere in the CIA's day-to-day intelligence operations , [new Director of Central Intelligence Leon] Panetta said he would keep on Deputy Director Steven Kappes and three other top officials at the spy agency. He also said he would encourage differing opinions within the agency and would brief the full House and Senate intelligence committees as much as possible, not just their top members. -- Source ...
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 2/11/2009 — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to send the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA Director to the full Senate for confirmation.
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