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...almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again in order to make his point.' CIA Director LEON PANETTA, on former Vice President Dick Cheney's persistent criticism of the Obama Administration's approach to combating terrorism. Panetta dubbed Cheney's approach "gallows politics...
...good news, at least from one perspective, is that despite the market's run-up and the still soft economy, stocks remain on pretty solid ground. So says Leon Cooperman, who runs Omega Advisors, a New York City hedge fund. Cooperman spent decades guiding the investment-policy committee at Goldman Sachs; he's long been considered a tough-minded, analytical sort with savvy instincts. (Read an interview with 2008's No. 1 stock picker...
Panetta, C.I.A. Director Leon • Cheney's recent national security speech prompts observation by that "it's almost as if he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point...
...growing dread at the CIA these days that the vultures are circling, waiting to pick off the agency's best parts. The latest move causing concern is a play by Admiral Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), to name the next intelligence chief in Kabul. CIA director Leon Panetta, who has already named his own chief from the CIA's ranks, is reportedly fighting back, much to his boss's consternation. The decision about who gets Kabul will reportedly be made in the White House, though Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein has said she doesn't believe...
...Director Leon Panetta journeys to Capitol Hill to testify this week, there is reportedly a movement afoot in the Obama Administration that could diminish the agency's role in counterterrorism. Dubbed the "global justice" initiative, the new law-enforcement approach would give the FBI and the Department of Justice a more prominent part in collecting evidence against and questioning terrorists and bringing more cases to a civilian criminal trial, according to the Los Angeles Times. The CIA will still collect intelligence on counterterrorism. And no one right now is talking about putting a ban on CIA interrogations of terrorism suspects...