WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance...
AP | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism al...
AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta promised honest leadership as he took the helm Thursday of an agency with a public image tarnished by all...
William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
Feinstein's call for the appointment of a CIA director who can be linked to the practices Obama has made clear must end demonstrates how out of touch she is on intelligence.
Frank Naif | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
John Brennan has been a valuable asset to the Obama team and will continue to be a loyal servant in his new role. He will provide valuable insight into Bush's intelligence policy formulation, such as it was.
Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics
Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?
Frank Naif | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
The CIA's spokesman came down out of his tree to let us know the CIA is not happy that everyone thinks it's an agency that could use some fixing by the likes of Leon Panetta.
Keith Thomson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
I conducted a poll about what spies thought of the Panetta choice. The results: "Obama was wise" to choose someone out of the torture loop to run the CIA. But there's a problem.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Cleaning out our stable of intelligence officials is a Herculean task. We are lucky to have men like Dennis Blair and Leon Panetta willing to sacrifice for the good of the nation.
Dan Glickman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Leon Panetta is a patriot, a veteran, and a consensus builder, and he will lead the CIA forthrightly and in full respect for the law and the Constitution. I frankly cannot think of a better choice.
Gordon Goldstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
Despite a nearly flawless transition period of astute, substantive and widely praised cabinet appointments, the Obama administration has unintentionally provoked its first controversy.
Frank Naif | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
If the Obama administration is serious about fixing US intelligence, there is a compelling logic to putting Panetta in charge at CIA.
Tom D'Antoni | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,"George Bush."
William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.
Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Placing an inexperienced person like Leon Panetta at CIA for his clean hands and "managerial expertise" will cost lives on the day of the next domestic terrorist attack.
Phil Trounstine | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Having frozen Panetta out of the California governor's race in 1998 by not deciding whether to run until he had no chance of lining up financial backing, now would be a good time to stand aside and let him rise to the occasion.
Jon Soltz | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Leon Panetta certainly understands intelligence. But, most importantly, he understands the importance of our intelligence apparatus operating on the moral, ethical, and legal high ground.
Art Brodsky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
Obama comes into office with a clear election mandate, and the last thing he needs is the public view of a bunch of squabbling Democrats (see: Burris, Roland) doing the GOP's work for it.
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics
UPDATE 1/06: Marc Ambinder reports that President-elect Obama is confident that Leon Panetta won't face serious opposition, despite Democratic Senator...
Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics
Why is John Brennan, who worked "the dark side" with Dick Cheney over at the CIA in contention for running the CIA but Richard Clarke isn't?
Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, The Daily Breeze, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative democrat, is up for a h...
Paige Donner | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green
We need to do that to oil. We need to destroy its strategic role and its monopoly over transportation. Electricity, as was the case with salt, is going to be right at the heart of that.
UPI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said Sunday a special counsel should be named to investigate the destruction of videotapes of CIA terror suspect interrog...
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics