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...going to ask you a favor," said McCullough, leaning forward. "You have to tell your guys to be very careful about who they are friends with...
Whatever Leon Panetta lacked in formal intel experience he would make up for with his political smarts. That was one of the chief points made in his favor when the Obama Administration named the former California Congressman and Clinton White House chief of staff as its CIA director. So many CIA veterans were not happy over the summer, when they felt that Panetta had failed to protect the agency from the political backlash over its Bush-era detention and interrogation practices. "There was a feeling [Panetta] had not done enough to defend the CIA from the politicians," says a former...
...Blair. The mood at Langley has always been difficult to measure, since insiders are not allowed to speak to the media. But several former CIA veterans who remain in contact with serving colleagues say spirits were lifted in recent weeks when the White House ruled in the agency's favor on two disputes with the DNI. "People are more upbeat than they have been in a long time," says a retired station chief. "They're finally warming up to Panetta." (See a two-minute bio of Leon Panetta...
Flores speaks out in favor of certifying the results. "There is no evidence of foul play," she says. "The council I know would never throw away over 2,000 votes...
Another speaker in favor of certifying the results. Hysen's ex-prefrosh. It is "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the results have not been tampered with...