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Torture, Wiretaps, Lies to Congress: Old Spy Cronies a Drag on Obama's "Look to the Future"

Frank Naif | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Inspector General, Warrantless Wiretapping, John Brennan, Eric Holder, Dick Cheney, Dni, Special Prosecutor, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Glenn Greenwald, Congressional Oversight, Assassination, Leon Panetta, Accountability, Marcy Wheeler, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Frank Naif

Over the past week, a triple-whammy of developing national security stories reminded Americans and the Obama administration that the past is a stubborn thing.

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Drones, Torture, Detention Show What US Intelligence Isn't Doing

Frank Naif | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Intelligence Committee, US Drone Missiles, Stephen Kappes, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Gang of Eight, Congressional Oversight, Oversight, CIA Torture, Obama National Security, Drones, Obama Detention Policy, Torture, Politics News
Frank Naif

Repeating past glories and thinking inside the bureaucratic box explain how CIA chiefs chose to keep the focus on drones and detentions.

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CIA Renewed Contract With Psychologists Who Endorsed Waterboarding Weeks After Obama Took Office Before Firing Them

Posted 07.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Stephen Kappes, Mitchell Jessen, Stephen R. Kappes, Architects of Waterboarding, CIA Renewed Contract, Bruce Jessen, James Mitchell, Home News

Amid the headlines about CIA director Leon Panetta's comments on Dick Cheney's motivations for his criticism of Obama, a much-bigger revelation was tu...

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CIA: The Panetta Pick and the Feinstein Factor

William Bradley | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Josh Brolin, Afghanistan, Dan White, President Obama, Guantanamo, Dianne Feinstein, Harvey Milk, Fisa, Surveillance, Pete Wilson, Taliban, George Moscone, Rendition, Abu Ghraib, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Sean Penn, George W. Bush, Stephen Kappes, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Torture, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Obama Transition, Cia, Obama Appointments, Politics News
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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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cia, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, John Brennan, Dianne Feinstein, Iran, Ted Sorensen, Robert F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles, Tom Kuchel, Jimmy Carter, Intelligence, Jane Harman, Earl Warren, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Stephen Kappes, John Mccone, Bob Finch, Obama Transition, Max Rafferty, Iraq, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta Obama, Feinstein Panetta, Obama Cabinet, Obama Appointees, Central Intelligence Agency Obama, Leon Panetta CIA, Cia Director, Jay Rockefeller, Obama Appointments, Pat Buchanan, Jerry Brown, Politics News
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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Joint Chiefs Chairman: Obama's Right on Afghanistan

Adele Stan | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Mazzetti, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Eric Schmitt, Mike Tomasky, Jim Lehrer, Isi, Pakistan, Mahmoud Ahmed, Admiral Mike Mullen, Pervez Musharraf, Obama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics News
Adele Stan

The New York Times today broke news that supports Obama's case for putting Pakistan and Afghanistan front and center in the fight against global terrorism.

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