Word: panetta
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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...
...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...
...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 Blair...
...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...
...that, despite what some CIA loyalists might reflexively think, would be great news for the agency. In fact, if I were Panetta, I would neatly gift wrap counterterrorism, put a bow on the top, and hand it over to FBI Director Robert Mueller. It can't be any clearer that renditions, harsh interrogations (if not torture) and secret prisons have been a catastrophe for the CIA, promising to tie it up legally for years to come, not to mention completely overshadow its successes. With the torture scandal sucking up all the oxygen, who today remembers that...