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Leon Panetta
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Leon Edward Panetta is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. An American Democratic politician, lawyer, and professor, Panetta served as President Bill Clinton's White House Chief of Staff from 1994 to 1997 and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He is the founder and director of the Panetta Institute, served as Distinguished Scholar to Chancellor Charles B. Reed of the California State University System and professor of public policy at Santa Clara University. In January 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Panetta for the post of CIA Director; he was confirmed by the full Senate on February 12, 2009 and assumed the office the next day.
Suicide bomber was invited onto U.S. base in Afghanistan
Posted on 2009-12-31 17:03:14
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA operatives at an Afghanistan outpost was invited to the U.S. base because he was being wooed as an informant, sources said Thursday.
CIA director confirms that 7 agents died in suicide bombing
Posted on 2009-12-31 13:37:51
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for the bomb attack in Afghanistan that killed at least eight American civilians, most of them CIA officers.
Report: Blackwater guards linked to CIA raids in Iraq, Afghanistan
Posted on 2009-12-11 08:47:32
Private security guards working for Blackwater USA participated in clandestine CIA raids against suspected insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Cupp: It's torture to watch the CIA's decline
Posted on 2009-08-30 00:08:25
Poor Leon Panetta. It's hard not to feel bad for the guy. If the Obama administration is like one big, elaborate stage production of "Chicago," Panetta is playing invisible Amos Hart - "Mr. Cellophane" - to sheer, translucent, forgettable perfection.
CIA hired privately owned Blackwater, now Xe Services, to kill top Al-Qaida operatives, says AP
Posted on 2009-08-20 10:14:11
The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday.
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