Word: leone
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...provide us with another “You’re So Vain,” but she manages to hold her own nonetheless. Another standout is White’s cover of “Use Somebody,” the recent hit by Southern rockers Kings of Leon. Her version, though not hugely different from its chart-topping counterpart, gives the song a more whimsical quality, and her own easygoing tone provides a breath of fresh air distinct from the Kings’ more angst-ridden interpretation. Though each song on White’s album deserves acclaim...
...surprisingly, many Republicans this week have attacked Obama for creating an interagency team that appears to effectively take interrogations away from the CIA and gave it to the FBI, and to some degree, the National Security Council. But if I were CIA Director Leon Panetta I would be secretly relieved at this change. The CIA is not suited for this kind of work, and an interagency effort is the only way to spread blame for an inherently risky program like this. And this is not to mention that if the program is ever launched again you can count...
...mercenaries for a covert (if ultimately fruitless) program to hunt down and kill al-Qaeda leaders? Despite sensational claims in today's New York Times and Washington Post, the Agency continues to maintain omerta on the secret program, which Director Leon Panetta cancelled in late June. But former CIA hands, including Panetta's predecessor Michael Hayden, are rallying to its defense...
...Central Intelligence Agency was designed to work in the shadows. But Director Leon Panetta's recent allegations that the Bush Administration conceived a covert program to assassinate al-Qaeda leaders have blindsided even those lawmakers accustomed to its stealthy habits...
...Associated Press also reported Friday that patrolman Carlos Figueroa and black officer Leon Lashley, who both had also responded to the call at Gates' home, expressed full support for Crowley's actions. According to Figueroa's police report of the incident, Gates refused to provide identification for police and shouted "this is what happens to black men in America" during the confrontation...