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Blasts Kill At Least 34 In Pakistan, One Of Deadliest Attacks Since Bin Laden Raid

AP | RIAZ KHAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 08.11.2011

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Riaz Khan and Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Two explosions went off minutes apart in the northwest Pakistani city of Pesh...

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Only Obama Can Manage the Iran Situation

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Coleen Rowley

There may be an impending foreign policy catastrophe with Iran, on which President Obama is not getting good advice from his closed circle of advisers.

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Michael Hayden: Congress Was Informed About Surveillance Program

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance...

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Leon Panetta On Cheney

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta says former Vice President Dick Cheney's criticism of the Obama administration's approach to terrorism al...

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Panetta Promises Honesty As CIA Director

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director Leon Panetta promised honest leadership as he took the helm Thursday of an agency with a public image tarnished by all...

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CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bradley

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.

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Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Jenkins

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?

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Leon Panetta Right Choice for CIA

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Glickman

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.

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What Spies Think of Panetta

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

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.

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Speaking Truth to Intelligence

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Cirincione

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.

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Lessons of Obama's First Cabinet Controversy

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gordon Goldstein

Despite a nearly flawless transition period of astute, substantive and widely praised cabinet appointments, the Obama administration has unintentionally provoked its first controversy.

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The Bad Democrats Begin to Surface

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom D'Antoni

The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,"George Bush."

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Fuss Over Panetta Should Remind Hill Dems: It's Not About You

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Art Brodsky

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.

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Sorry Dianne: Panetta's a Great Choice for CIA Director

Phil Trounstine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phil Trounstine

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.

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bradley

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.

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New CIA Chief Must Be Anti-Torture

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Soltz

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.

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Regarding Panetta: Let's Not Forget About Gates

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kristen Breitweiser

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.

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Leon Panetta: CIA Director

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 1/06: Marc Ambinder reports that President-elect Obama is confident that Leon Panetta won't face serious opposition, despite Democratic Senator...

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Richard Clarke for CIA Director

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cenk Uygur

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?

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Pres-Elect Obama, No To Warhawk Jane Harman!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Milazzo

According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, The Daily Breeze, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative democrat, is up for a h...

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Greening Hollywood: The Electric Revolution

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paige Donner

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.

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Biden Calls For Special Counsel Investigation Into Destroyed CIA Tapes

UPI | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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