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online.wsj.com - 2/5/2009

Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees

— online.wsj.com — CIA nominee Panetta earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since early 2008, with some of the payments coming from troubled banks. (more) Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees

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swamppolitics.com - 2/5/2009

CIA Panetta's fees: Defense, banking

— swamppolitics.com — by Mark Silva Another senior-level and sensitive appointee of the Obama administration may be facing questions over his work in the private sector: Leon Panetta, the president's nominee to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and ... (more) CIA Panetta's fees: Defense, banking

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politico.com - 2/7/2009

Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing

— politico.com — 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 ... (more) Reporter restrained after Panetta hearing

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Panetta Retracts Rendition Statement
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Obama's CIA pick attempts to clarify his Thursday remarks at day two of his Senate confirmation hearing. Says the U.S. will continue to hand foreign detainees over to other countries for questioning, but only with assurances they won't be tortured. "I will seek the same kind of assurances that they will not be treated inhumanely."       ...

Leon Panetta talks out of both sides of his mouth
Sister Toldjah — Via AP: 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 CIA director. That has long been U.S. policy, but some former prisoners subjected to the process — known as extraordinary rendition_ during the Bush administration’s anti-terror war say they were tortured. “I will seek the same kind of assurances that they ...

Panetta on Obama Rendition Policy:
The Volokh Conspiracy — The AP reports : 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 CIA director. That has long been U.S. policy, but some former prisoners subjected to the process — known as extraordinary rendition_ during the Bush administration's anti-terror war say they were tortured. "I will seek the same kind of assurances that they will not be treated inhumanely," Panetta said Friday in his second day before the Senate ...

Weekend Opinionator: Truth Commission or More Rendition?
The Opinionator — ... than the limited menu that President Obama authorized under new rules issued last month.” And while Panetta initially made the same sorts of distinctions about rendition that Horton explained in detail, in his second day of testimony he tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube: “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 CIA director. That has long been U.S. policy, but some former prisoners ...