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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/6/2009

Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick

— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Sen. Dianne Feinstein believes the CIA is best-served by having an intelligence professional in charge. (CNN) –-... Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the Senate’s incoming Intelligence committee chair, slammed President-elect Barack Obama’s choice of Leon ... (more) Feinstein slams Obama CIA head pick

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washingtonindependent.com - 1/5/2009

Dianne Feinstein Not Too Pleased With Panetta Pick

— washingtonindependent.com — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who’s about to take the reins as chairwoman of the Senate... Select Committee on Intelligence, doesn’t appear to be too happy with Leon Panetta’s prospective appointment to head the CIA. ... (more) Dianne Feinstein Not Too Pleased With Panetta Pick

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sfgate.com - 1/7/2009

Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta

— sfgate.com — Feinstein - the new chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who will oversee Panetta's confirmation hearings -... raised eyebrows when she expressed surprisingly sharp disapproval of Panetta as nominee for CIA chief on Monday. She said that "the ... (more) Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta

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Leon Panetta

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Warning Off Panetta: Whose Water is the Wall Street Journal Carrying?
Firedoglake — ... I read pushback on the Panetta nomination, the more I think Josh's intel reader had it right on the money. My gut tells me that if this much of a hornet's nest has gotten stirred up by the mere mention of Panetta's name for CIA, instead of someone more easily held at bay or under someone's patronage or thumb? Especially given who the hornets seems to be? This could get very, very interesting...and his confirmation hearings may resemble the dance of the seven veils if this keeps up.

What To Do About Torture?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... Marc ponders a truth commission. Some seem to think this is an act of retribution. Actually, it would be a path deliberately avoiding retribution. It would seek transparency and accountability for those acts committed by the Bush administration that crossed the line of core human rights. It would do so as a way to prove that the United States is returning to the rule of law and to the moral norms of international behavior that the US itself pioneered. Prosecutions will probably happen anyway as evidence of war crimes increases as the Bush administration recedes (insiders will be ...