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NEWS ABOUT: Leon Panetta

Leon Panetta stories: 43 news summaries

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 Bin Laden in Pakistan: CIA Head 

Finding leader remains 'major priority,' he says

Jun 11, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan and his arrest remains a top priority for the US, CIA Director Leon Panetta said today, adding that joint operations with Pakistani forces could finally net al-Qaeda’s top leader. The CIA has Pakistani informants that keep it abreast of terrorist targets there,... More »

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Somalia • Pakistan • Yemen • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • Pakistan military • Leon Panetta • CIA director

CIA Calls on Court to Keep Interrogation Files Secret

Panetta warns that releasing records would benefit al-Qaeda

Jun 9, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the CIA urged a federal judge yesterday to keep records of harsh interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects under wraps, CNN reports. The ACLU is suing to make the files, which describe the content of destroyed CIA tapes, public. But Leon Panetta warned that doing so would have "... More »

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CIA • American Civil Liberties Union • CIA videotapes • harsh interrogation • interrogation tapes • al-Qaeda • Leon Panetta

OPINION

The White House May Be Trying
to Purge Pelosi

Kristol: Why else would CIA boss 'humiliate' his party's speaker?

May 18, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - After Nancy Pelosi suggested the CIA had misled Congress, the agency’s director fired back with a letter denying the claim. But the idea that Leon Panetta would send a letter “humiliating a House speaker of his own party” entirely of his own accord seems “almost inconceivable,”... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • Rahm Emanuel • speaker of the House • Leon Panetta • ouster • Obama administration • President Obama • CIA director

Pelosi Backtracks on CIA Claims

Speakers shifts focus
to Bush administration
after Panetta rebuff

May 16, 09 2:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi retreated yesterday from her claim the CIA lied to Congress about its interrogation program and shifted the blame to the Bush administration, Politico reports. The speaker said her criticism is "separate from my respect for those in the intelligence community who work to keep our country safe.... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • torture • waterboarding • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta • torture memo

(Newser) - CIA director Leon Panetta today denied Nancy Pelosi’s claim that the agency misled lawmakers in a 2002 briefing, the Hill reports. In a memo to employees, Panetta said “CIA officers briefed truthfully on the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, describing ‘the enhanced techniques that had been employed.’... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • House of Representatives • Leon Panetta • Obama administration • intelligence briefing • enhanced interrogation techniques

CIA Chief Warned Israel Against Attacking Iran

Panetta told that Israel won't bomb Iran without first alerting Washington

May 15, 09 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - CIA director Leon Panetta was sent on a secret mission to Israel earlier this month to warn the country's leaders against launching a surprise attack against Iran, the Times of London reports. Panetta asked for—and received—assurances from Israel's hawkish new government  that the country would not bomb Iranian... More »

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Iran • Israel • Ehud Barak • Benjamin Netanyahu • nuclear facilities • Leon Panetta

OPINION

Rove: Pelosi's an Accomplice to Torture

'Someone appears not to be telling the truth' about waterboarding

May 14, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove indulges in a bit of revenge on Nancy Pelosi in his Wall Street Journal column today, writing that "the political persecution of Bush administration officials she has been pushing may now ensnare her." As evidence mounts that the CIA told her as early as 2002 about... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • Karl Rove • waterboarding • Porter Goss • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta

Speak Another Language? CIA's Got a Job for You

Agency running ads to recruit minorities, foreign-language speakers

Mar 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA has no trouble finding recruits. But that doesn’t mean it gets the recruits it wants, so the CIA is running a radio ad campaign targeting potential spooks fluent in a second language, Time reports, and nonwhite. “I’d like to get to a point where every... More »

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CIA • ethnic diversity • Leon Panetta • foreign languages

 Senate to Probe Bush-Era CIA 

Inquiry to focus on controversial interrogation and detention program

Feb 27, 09 4:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Intelligence Committee plans a sweeping investigation into the CIA's actions under President Bush, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials say the probe is a fact-finding mission rather than an investigation into whether laws were broken, but the inquiry is certain to put the spotlight back on the agency's... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • CIA • secret prisons • Senate Intelligence Committee • counterterrorism • interrogation • waterboarding • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta

(AP) - The Senate confirmed Leon Panetta as director of the CIA tonight, 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 an expert at intelligence-gathering and analysis. The Senate approved President Obama's choice on a... More »

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CIA • Senate • confirmation hearings • Leon Panetta • Obama administration

CIA Hopeful Panetta Retracts Torture Remarks

Backs off accusations that US deliberately sent suspects abroad

Feb 6, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Leon Panetta today backed off on comments he made accusing the Bush administration of deliberately sending terror suspects abroad to be tortured, CQ Politics reports. "It's news to me," Sen Christopher Bond told the nominee to run the CIA. Panetta responded that he was referring to widely publicized... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Senate confirmation hearings • Leon Panetta • Christopher Bond

$700K in Fees Could Bring Panetta Scrutiny

CIA nom got speaking, consulting money from troubled banks

Feb 4, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA could be the next to come under scrutiny after the Wall Street Journal reported today that Leon Panetta has made more than $700,000 in the past year in speaking and consulting fees—with some coming from troubled banks and an investment... More »

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CIA • consulting • fees • Leon Panetta • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Obama More Popular Than Ever 

Despite Richardson, Geithner, Panetta flaps, 84% approve of transition

Jan 19, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s popularity is at an all-time high, a CNN poll finds, with 84% approving of his transition—up 2% from December despite Bill Richardson’s resignation, Timothy Geithner’s tax issues, and the widely panned Leon Panetta pick. “You know the country is in the middle of... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill Richardson • poll • inauguration • approval ratings • Leon Panetta • poll numbers • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Ex-CIA Chief, McCain Man Praises Panetta Pick

Leon Panetta's 'breadth of experience' will serve him, US well: Woolsey

Jan 13, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - James Woolsey, a former CIA director and adviser to John McCain, tells the Huffington Post he’s “impressed overall by the quality” of Barack Obama’s national-security picks, dismissing criticism that Leon Panetta is a poor fit for his former job. Though an intelligence novice, Panetta is amply qualified,... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • intelligence • spy • Leon Panetta • James Woolsey • President Obama • CIA director

Obama Camp
Bruises Egos
on the Hill

Dust-ups show Senate Dems flexing muscle defending turf

Jan 12, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - You might expect Barack Obama, former senator, to know how to handle Capitol Hill, but in the past week the president-elect has twice incited near-revolt from his fellow Democrats, the LA Times notes. Legislators publicly criticized Obama’s proposed tax cuts and choice for CIA director. Obama’s team... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Dianne Feinstein • Leon Panetta • President Obama

Obama Unveils Intelligence Team

Panetta, Blair, and Brennan an unusual, controversial crew

Jan 9, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama rounded out his national security team today, tapping Leon Panetta to head the CIA and Dennis Blair as his national intelligence director. Obama defended the choice of Panetta, which has drawn criticism because of his lack of intelligence experience, calling him "one of the finest public servants... More »

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Barack Obama • CNN • Leon Panetta • John Brennan • Dennis Blair

 Panetta Pick Raises 
 Intel Hackles 

Obama defends CIA choice from critics who call him inexperienced

Jan 7, 09 10:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s choice of former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA is catching some flak from intelligence professionals, the Washington Post reports. Panetta has no direct experience with intelligence-gathering; says an anonymous official who worked with Bill Clinton’s national-security team while Panetta... More »

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Barack Obama • CIA • torture • Leon Panetta • intelligence agencies • President Obama

Seat Burris, Says Rogue
Sen. Feinstein 

Calif. Dem's dissent follows on heels of Panetta CIA complaint

Jan 7, 09 9:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Dianne Feinstein is breaking Democratic ranks on the issue of of seating Roland Burris as the replacement for Barack Obama, reports the LA Times. “If you don't seat Mr. Burris, it has ramifications for gubernatorial appointments all over America,” the California senator warned yesterday. Majority Leader Harry... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Dianne Feinstein • Rod Blagojevich • Leon Panetta • CIA director • Roland Burris

(Newser) - Joe Biden defended the pick of Leon Panetta to head the CIA but offered an apology of sorts for the way it was handled, Politico reports. “I think it was just a mistake,” Biden said of not informing top Democrats of the choice, which led to a chiding... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Joe Biden • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • confirmation hearings • Jay Rockefeller • Leon Panetta • President Obama • CIA director

Feinstein Disses Panetta
as Pick for CIA Chief

Surprise pick has no intelligence experience, committee concerned

Jan 6, 09 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Dianne Feinstein hinted yesterday that she had reservations about Barack Obama’s choice of Leon Panetta to head the CIA—which could be a problem for Obama, since Feinstein is the new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “I was not informed about the selection,” she said. “... More »

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CIA • Dianne Feinstein • Senate Intelligence Committee • Leon Panetta • President Obama • CIA director

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