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Whining CIA Officials, Leon Panetta, and Einstein's Definition of Insanity

Frank Naif | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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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.

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What Spies Think of Panetta

Keith Thomson | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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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 02.09.2009 | Politics

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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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Leon Panetta Right Choice for CIA

Dan Glickman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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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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Lessons of Obama's First Cabinet Controversy

Gordon Goldstein | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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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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If You Think Panetta's Wrong For CIA, You Might Be Part Of The Problem

Frank Naif | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

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If the Obama administration is serious about fixing US intelligence, there is a compelling logic to putting Panetta in charge at CIA.

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The Bad Democrats Begin to Surface

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Regarding Panetta: Let's Not Forget About Gates

Kristen Breitweiser | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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

Phil Trounstine | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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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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New CIA Chief Must Be Anti-Torture

Jon Soltz | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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

Art Brodsky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Elena Kagan: Obama's Solicitor General

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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President-Elect Obama has announced his intention to nominate the dean of the Harvard Law School as the first female solicitor general, the government...

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Obama's Global Challenge

Marco Trbovich | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

America's energy future is a goods news, bad news joke. The good news is that America has enough domestic resources to meet its energy needs. The bad news is, the resource is coal.

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Anti-War Activists Worried Obama Betraying Them With Hawkish Cabinet

LA Times | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

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Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appoint...

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Streamline, Don't Swell, Our Foreign Affairs Machine

Amb. Peter Bridges | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

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Among the problems Obama faces is our need for more efficient human organization -- a problem that all recent presidents have ignored.

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The Trouble with Hillary

Chez Pazienza | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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The question is whether the good to be had by appointing Hillary Clinton to a high position in the incoming government outweighs the bad. Is she really worth all the baggage? No, she isn't.

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About That Bipartisan Cabinet, Hold Your Horses

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Surprise, surprise, the party of ideological purity that wouldn't yield on anything in the last eight years has had a deathbed conversion about bipartisan government.

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Looking for a Job in the Obama Administration?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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The thousands of people appointed throughout the Executive Branch set policies in everything -- you can be part of that.

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The Obama-Clinton Cabinet? We Voted for Change, Not Recycling

Rob Kall | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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We need fresh blood, not Clinton people who were involved in supporting and defending NAFTA, the WTO and Clinton's effort to move the Democratic party to the right.

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Why Rahm Is Right

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

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Though I don't know Rahm Emanuel personally, I know those who deal with him. He's a ball-buster, to put it bluntly and, as Chief of Staff, can keep Democrats thinking long-term.

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