Leon Panetta

CIA Black Sites No Longer Being Used, Panetta Says

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The CIA has stopped using contractors to interrogate prisoners and fired private security guards at the CIA's now-shuttered secret ...

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How Tim Geithner Can Guarantee a 43% Return on Your Money This Year

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Tom Delay, Jimmy the Greek, Money, Rick Wagoner, Al Franken, Ray Paulick, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Gambling, Andrew Cuomo, Gasoline Prices, Rod Blagojevich, Rahm Emanuel, Norm Coleman, Voter Turnout, Michael Steele, Internet Gambling, Kentucky, Hillary Clinton, Timothy Geithner, I Love You Man, Leon Panetta, Scooter Libby, Betfair, Intrade, Politics News
Keith Thomson

I asked one of America's foremost horse racing handicappers to take time out from the grandstand and bet on political outcomes. What's his line on Geithner?

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Obama's Rugged Week

William Bradley | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Economic Crisis, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Tim Geithner, Hamid Karzai, Aig, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Iraq, Paul Krugman, Leon Panetta, Wall Street, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Henry Kissinger, Gary Hart, Chuck Hagel, James Baker, Politics News
William Bradley

Is Geithner's plan another bailout to Wall Street? Or is it needed pragmatism to work with a deeply troubled, farcically entitled though still necessary private financial sector?

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Obama's Cabinet-Level 'Guantanamo Task Force' Holds First Meeting

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Top officials of the Obama administration met privately Monday to discuss how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Attor...

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The Imperial Unconscious

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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Tom Engelhardt

We don't find it strange to have 16 intelligence agencies, running "covert wars" in tribal borderlands, flying unmanned drones over those borderlands, destroying those in camera view.

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Yet Another California Campaign: Elections Abound In the Arnold Era

William Bradley | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Meg Whitman, Steve Westly, John McCain, Dave Cogdill, Leon Panetta, Far Right, Mike Murphy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican Party, Darrell Steinberg, Barack Obama, Bill Simon, California Recall, Dick Riordan, Gray Davis, Politics News
William Bradley

Every other year, including this, has seen the tarnished Golden State holding at least one statewide election. This May 19th it's another special statewide election, the fourth of the Arnold Era.

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CIA Following Bin Laden on Twitter

Andy Borowitz | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

Read More: Andy Borowitz, Gisele Bundchen, Central Intelligence Agency, Twitter, Tom Brady, Cia, Jonathan Alter, Matt-Cassel, Judy Gold, Gossip Girl, Leon Panetta, Al Qaeda, Hendrik Hertzberg, Osama Bin Laden, CIA Twitter, Bin Laden Twitter, World News
Andy Borowitz

The decision to track Mr. bin Laden's movements, moods, and musical tastes came late last week after the agency discovered he was using the popular social networking utility.

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Panetta Promises Honesty As CIA Director

AP | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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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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Biden: Bush Gave Al Qaeda "A Powerful Recruiting Tool"

New York Times | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Visiting the Central Intelligence Agency to swear in Leon E. Panetta as the agency's 19th director, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said the Bush a...

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Retiring CIA Inspector General Faces Suit Over Conduct of Office

Jeff Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Stein

John L. Helgerson, the CIA's controversial inspector general, may be finally leaving the spy agency after three decades, but he will not be fading back into the shadows.

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Reporter Restrained After Leon Panetta Hearing

Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.10.2009 | Media

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Following Leon Panetta's confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in th...

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Smooth Sailing For Panetta

William Bradley | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Convention, Cia, Pakistan, Dianne Feinstein, Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Iran, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay, George W. Bush, Central Asia, Dick Cheney, Russia, Afghanistan, A.Q. Khan, Leon Panetta, Politics News
William Bradley

Panetta has a more than full plate as the next CIA director. It's good he's going to be starting out without all the political distractions that many thought would derail him last month.

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Panetta: CIA Interrogators Will Not Be Prosecuted

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not prosecute CIA officers who participated in harsh interrogations that critics say crossed the line...

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Jason Linkins

Panetta Shoots Down "24 Myth" In Testimony

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

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Earlier this week, Kiefer Sutherland, star of the television series 24, attempted to impose some sanity in an interview with the London Guardian. The...

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Panetta Takes Back Remarks On Detainee Rendition

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director-nominee Leon Panetta formally retracted a statement he made Thursday that the Bush administration transferred prisoner...

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Pentagon Boosts Spending On PR Efforts, Raises Propaganda Concerns

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As it fights two wars, the Pentagon is steadily and dramatically increasing the money it spends to win what it calls "the human ter...

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Panetta Confirmation Hearing: Obama's CIA Pick Says No More "Extraordinary Rendition"

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta assured senators Thursday that the Obama administration will not send prisoners to countries for ...

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CIA Nominee Panetta Received Over $700,000 In Fees, Some From Troubled Banks

Wall Street Journal | Glenn Simpson | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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The White House's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, has earned more than $700,000 in speaking and consulting fees...

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CIA Director's Confirmation Stalled Over Missing Papers

New York Times | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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With President Obama's national security team nearly all in place, there is one high-level appointee who could still be weeks away from walking into h...

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Senate Republicans: Did Panetta's Oversee Clinton-Era Extraordinary Rendition?

Washington Times | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA director, Leon Panetta, served as White House chief of staff during the time the Clinton administration ...

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Sam Stein

Jim Woolsey Praises Panetta, Obama's Foreign Policy Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Former CIA Director and John McCain adviser Jim Woolsey professes to being "impressed overall by the quality" of Barack Obama's national security team...

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CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor

William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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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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Has Anything Changed?

Julie Menin | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Julie Menin

The economic stimulus bill cannot be everything to everyone or it will be so watered down as to be entirely ineffective. It is time for members of Congress to put aside themselves and look to the greater good.

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Maybe, Going Forward, We Should Just Let Bernie Madoff Off?

Jane Hamsher | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Jane Hamsher

I understand it's smart for Obama to hold his cards close on torture and war crimes prosecutions, but the reason that's being given for not pursuing them makes little sense.

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Obama Adviser Brennan Now A Lesser Intelligence God: That Contractor Thing Bit Him

Frank Naif | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Frank Naif

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.

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