chequer-board.net - 1/12/2009
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Thus far, defenders of Director-designate of Central Intelligence Leon Panetta make the following points in...
washingtontimes.com - 1/15/2009
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By: NavyBrat Jaeger & ataloss. Well said, both
of you. It just goes to show that Slick
Willie II(Obama) has really got no clue about anything relating to what type of enemy we face in Islamic fanatics. I also could really care less about WHO started ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Panetta faces rendition queries
sfgate.com - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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Why Feinstein broke with Obama on Panetta
nypost.com - 1/7/2009
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Last updated: 12:51 am January 7, 2009 Posted:
12:36 am January 7, 2009 WOULD you ask your
accountant to perform brain surgery on your child? That's the closest analogy I can find to the choice of Democratic Party hack Leon Panetta to head the CIA. ...
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AN AWFUL PICK - New York Post
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I Keep Waiting For The Backlash . . .
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... But somehow, they aren’t. They don’t ask whether the Director-designate of Central Intelligence authorized rendition. They certainly don’t want to draw too much attention to ...
Shorter Obama Administration
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Of course, none of this should come as a surprise, given the strong possibility that DCI-designate Leon Panetta may well have been involved in crafting the extraordinary renditions program for the Clinton Administration. ...
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CIA Panetta's fees: Defense, banking
swamppolitics.com 2/5/2009 — by Mark Silva
Another senior-level and sensitive appointee of the Obama administration may be facing questions over his work in the private sector:
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blogs.wsj.com 2/20/2009 — Siobhan Gorman reports on intelligence matters.
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thedailybeast.com 1/7/2009 — The critics grumbling that Leon Panetta isn't qualified to head the CIA are missing the point: Only an outsider can save Langley. Whenever Washington insiders really want to guard their turf, they start putting out the word that a prospective boss is ...
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newshoggers.com 2/7/2009 — By Cernig
The AP reports that CIA Director-nominee Leon Panetta has stated categorically that there will be no prosecutions for torturers .
Asked by The Associated Press if that was official policy, Panetta said, "That is the case."
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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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