thinkprogress.org - 2/5/2009
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Last week, the LA Times published a story asserting that President Obama “ left intact ” the CIA’s authority to carry out extraordinary renditions. (The unfounded claim was thoroughly debunked .) At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, Leon ...
online.wsj.com - 2/5/2009
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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.
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Panetta Earned $700,000 in Fees
news.yahoo.com - 2/6/2009
swamppolitics.com - 2/5/2009
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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 ...
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CIA Panetta's fees: Defense, banking
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Loopholes That Never Were
Matthew Yglesias —
... he was saying the United States had sent prisoners to foreign countries to be tortured, Mr Panetta said he had not been officially briefed on what actually had happened during the renditions over the past eight years.
“My understanding is that there were black sites,” he said. “But obviously there were indications that those countries…did not meet the standards of human values that we would extend to prisoners.”
Ali Frick has more. So much for this and this. ...
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... waterboarders. He also said no more torture under the aegis of extraordinary rendition . 200,000 California state employees take a ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Panetta, rendition and torture
newshoggers.com 2/7/2009 — by Jay McDonough Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's Central Intelligence Agency Director
nominee, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday.
Senators questioned Mr. Panetta about two subjects in particular; the
use of rendition and ...
Panetta and … Extraordinary Rendition?
washingtonindependent.com 1/15/2009 — 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 ...
Panetta: No Prosecutions For CIA Torturers
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."
It was ...
Leon Panetta Gets a Rock Star Welcome at CIA Headquarters
blogs.wsj.com 2/20/2009 — Siobhan Gorman reports on intelligence matters.
So much for fears that Leon Panetta would be seen as an outsider at the Central Intelligence Agency because didnt grow up through the spy ranks. The new CIA director and former Clinton ...
Dark Times
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 ...
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