washingtonindependent.com - 1/9/2009
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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 President-elect Barack Obama said that ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
In Meetings, Spy Panels' Chiefs Did Not Protest,
Officials Say By Joby Warrick and Dan Eggen Washington...
Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 9, 2007; A01 In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program ...
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Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002
google.com - 1/16/2009
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google.com —
42 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect Barack Obama
is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and...
harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials ...
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The Associated Press: AP Top News at 3:33 p.m. EST
washingtonindependent.com - 1/15/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
My friend Eli Lake reports for The Washington
Times that Republicans on the Senate Select Committee on...
Intelligence intend to question CIA director-designate Leon Panetta about whether he played any role in ordering terrorism suspects to be kidnapped ...
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Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?
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A New Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... The Panetta pick essentially shows that the long, tough struggle to get Obama elected was worth it in a fundamental, vital way. For me, as my endorsement indicated, return to decency and the rule of law was the overwhelming priority in the last election. In that critical respect, we just won. In Spencer's words: ...
Republicans on Panetta: Is That Really Your Question?
Firedoglake —
... Panetta, of course, largely got the nod to head CIA because of his opposition to torture. What the Senate GOP would explore is whether that opposition is either rhetorical or newly acquired. Clinton administration counterterrorism officials have stated that they received assurances from foreign governments receiving rendered suspects forswearing torture, but no human-rights organization takes those assurances seriously. ...
While He’s Washing, Watch Him
Firedoglake —
... ; the soon-to-be-heads of the intelligence community, Blair and Leon Panetta; and, of course, Barack Obama himself. That's not to say bureaucratic obstacles can't be overcome. But it is to say that this is quite some firewall. ...
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newshoggers.com 2/7/2009 — by Jay McDonough Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's Central Intelligence Agency Director
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A non-story, at least for now
powerlineblog.com 2/5/2009 — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Leon Panetta, President Obama's nominee for CIA director, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees since the beginning of 2008. The Journal says that some of the payments came from ...
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michaelyon-online.com 3/6/2009 — 06 March 2009 While I work on dispatches regarding torture, it appears that some people are getting what they want; many have asked for proof that torture occurred, and that torture be defined. These questions are fair and important. Yet it seems ...
Is Leon Panetta Covering Up Torture?
thedailybeast.com 4/8/2009 — Why doesn t Leon Panetta want the CIA investigated or prosecuted for torture allegations? Maybe because some of the men implicated, John Sifton reports, are the ones advising him. On Monday night the confidential report of the International Committee ...
Senate Confirms Panetta As CIA Director
npr.org 2/13/2009 — 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 ...
"Truth Commission" a Go
minx.cc 2/28/2009 — The Church Committee destroyed the CIA's operations division for... well, forever. Let's see if we can't hit that mark again. The 'fact-finding' effort will seek details on secret prisons and interrogation methods -- but will not aim to determine if...
First thoughts: Welcome to Washington —
First Read 1/9/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Carrie Dann*** Welcome to Washington: It's still very early, but we’re starting to have some flashbacks to '93 and '94, when congressional Democrats (Bob Kerrey jumps to mind) were a bigger problem ...
Transition: Panetta's challenge —
First Read 1/9/2009
The New York Times examines the tough task facing Panetta once he's confirmed as CIA director. “As every previous director could attest, succeeding at the helm at the Central Intelligence Agency requires an uneasy balance: being firm enough to ...
Obama names Panetta, Blair —
CNN Political Ticker 1/9/2009
Barack Obama fills out his intelligence team at a news conference on Friday.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama named Leon Panetta as CIA director and Dennis Blair as director of national intelligence on Friday morning.
In ...
Obama marks break from Bush on intel —
First Read 1/9/2009
From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum and Ashley Codianni At today's news conference, President-elect Obama 's intention was to officially announce his choices to head the CIA and the Director for National Intelligence -- Leon Panetta , who had come ...
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