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22 Feb 2014, 12:38 pm
The American Bar Association also sent a letter of complaint to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta stating that the order "impairs the ability of these dedicated lawyers to gain the trust and confidence of their clients, establish an effective attorney-client relationship, and maintain the professional independence that is so critical to a true adversarial process," and asking Secretary Panetta to rescind the order. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 7:39 am
In December, Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.) revealed that former CIA Director Leon Panetta had commissioned a separate report about the torture program — and that this Panetta report "amazingly" contradicted the findings of the CIA's official response to the committee. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 8:33 am
The AP is reporting that newly declassified documents show that former CIA Director Leon Panetta disclosed secret information during a speech at CIA headquarters on the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 6:22 am
” —Leon Panetta [1] Companies preparing for their annual shareholder meetings in 2014 should be aware of a new governance challenge: opposition to the election of individual directors is becoming a strategy of choice not only for activists but for “responsible” investors seeking change at portfolio companies. [read post]
2 Oct 2013, 3:18 am
Judge Newman continues his questioning, asking how comments by then-CIA Director Leon Panetta discussing the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on the television show 60 Minutes could possibly be read as referring to anything other than the CIA interest in the targeted killing program. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Former Central Intelligence Agency director and outgoing Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, recently warned that “a destructive cyberattack could paralyze the nation,” likening the threat to a “cyber-Pearl Harbor. [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 11:53 am
Preston’s former boss, Leon Panetta, also has nice words: Stephen Preston is a talented attorney and counselor who will scrupulously apply the Constitution and the law to our military operations. [read post]
5 Jun 2013, 11:46 am
Government watchdog group Project on Government Oversight published a report from the Department of Defense’s Inspector General, which found that ex-CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, revealed top-secret information at a CIA awards ceremony in 2011. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 3:43 am
Although recent news reporting reveals that the world did not end when the clock struck midnight last Friday, the real effects are not likely to be felt until the civilian employee furloughs begin at the end of this month.Here’s a few highlights (or, perhaps more accurately, lowlights) of the recent comments by senior national security officials that, taken together, start to define the scope of just how bad this really could be: Previewing what was to come, former Secretary of Defense… [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:42 am
But as former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned a few months ago, &ldq [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:04 am
Departing Pentagon chief Leon E. [read post]
9 Feb 2013, 5:41 am
” Emmerson implies here (and elsewhere in the story) that the growth in the lethal use of drones during President Obama’s first term under Obama-appointed CIA Director Leon Panetta (and later, briefly, David Petraeus), and the circumstances of the CIA’s drone deployments, somehow took place beyond Obama’s (and the White House’s, including Brennan’s) control and approval. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 10:38 am
Senator Lindsey Graham says he’ll put a hold on Hagel’s nomination, unless outgoing SecDef Leon Panetta testifies about the DoD’s reaction to the Benghazi attack. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 12:16 pm
Outgoing SecDef Leon Panetta told ABC News that drones are “going to be a continuing tool of national defense in the future,” reports Josh Gerstein of Politico. [read post]
11 Jan 2013, 12:42 pm
According to Jeremy Herb at The Hill‘s DefCon Hill blog, outgoing SecDef Leon Panetta called GOP attacks on Hagel’s stances on Iran, Israel and other foreign policy matters “unfair. [read post]
7 Jan 2013, 5:24 am
But he ultimately withdrew his name amid questions on the left over his ties to controversial CIA programs. " Looking back at my own posts, I see that I believed that Leon Panetta had been chosen to head the C.I.A. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:38 am
Nasser al-Aulaqi (sometimes spelled al-Awlaki) and Sarah Khan, with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit against federal government officials, including Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus, in mid-July 2012. [read post]
25 Jul 2012, 9:38 am
Nasser al-Aulaqi (sometimes spelled al-Awlaki) and Sarah Khan, with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit against federal government officials, including Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus, in mid-July 2012. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 12:43 pm
It is aimed at Defense Secretary Panetta, Central Intelligence Agency Director David H. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 9:14 am
The defendants include Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, CIA Director David Petraeus, U.S. [read post]
