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15 Jun 2012, 12:08 pm
Despite numerous public comments on the CIA’s drone attacks in far-flung locales such as Yemen from various government officials, including former CIA Director Leon Panetta and President Obama, the CIA is taking the position in court that it would have to eliminate you with one of its drones if it acknowledged the program. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 12:01 pm
Hancock urged the appeals court to reject the ACLU's attempt "to cobble together an official CIA acknowledgment by combining together the substance of various news reports, unofficial statements and imprecise statements by former CIA Director (Leon) Panetta and President Obama. [read post]
4 Jun 2012, 6:18 am
In a May 10 letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Attorney General Eric Holder, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked whether any formal extradition request had been made for Daqduq, who was born in Lebanon. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 10:32 am
Panetta. [read post]
27 May 2012, 8:08 pm
The United States is predictably up in arms over the sentence, with Leon Panetta recently claiming that “[i]t is so difficult to understand and it’s so disturbing that they would sentence this doctor to 33 years for helping in the search for the most notorious terrorist in our times… This doctor was not working against Pakistan, he was working against al Qaeda.” Putting aside the ridiculous hypocrisy of the United States criticizing another government for an… [read post]
23 May 2012, 8:45 am
Both Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have called for his release, and the Washington Post tells us that “Rep. [read post]
21 May 2012, 1:49 pm
Instead of citing any direct statements to that effect by an authorized official, plaintiffs rely on vague and ambiguous statements by former CIA Director Leon Panetta and President Obama, none of which expressly acknowledges the information that plaintiffs seek here: that the CIA possesses responsive records relating to drone strikes. [read post]
8 May 2012, 5:00 am
During talks at the Pentagon, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie agreed to work together to improve cybersecurity. [read post]
1 May 2012, 8:12 am
But Leon Panetta came pretty close several times, and may have crossed the line when he silently nodded in assent to CBS’s Scott Pelley’s statement that “You killed al-Awlaki”; and then explained what appeared to be the legal basis for the al-Awlaki operation with the caveat only of not “getting into the specifics of the operation” (emphasis added); and then noted that the President must make a declaration before the killing of a U.S.… [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 1:55 pm
SecDef Leon Panetta recalls the “nail-biting moments” in the New York Times. [read post]
28 Apr 2012, 5:33 am
As reported by Big Peace, Time magazine has obtained a memo written by Leon Panetta, then-director of the Central Intelligence Agency and now-Secretary of Defense, that says “operational decision-making and control” was really in the hands of William McRaven, a three-star admiral and former Navy SEAL. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 1:03 pm
In the end, not even Leon Panetta, the former director of the CIA, believes that torture was responsible for the location of bin Laden. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 12:17 pm
In speeches and statements to the press, numerous senior government officials, including President Obama and Defense Secretary (and former CIA Director) Leon Panetta, have repeatedly discussed the agency's use of drones to carry out targeted killings. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 12:50 pm
In the aftermath of the shooting spree, Leon Panetta says that it is possible to provide for the death penalty in the case building against the Army soldier. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 2:11 pm
Lots of coverage of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee yesterday. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 1:36 pm
Wired magazine’s Danger Room blog tells us that Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is keeping all military options on the table. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 7:34 am
Leon Panetta’s back on the Hill, according to The Hill, this week for hearings on the DOD budget. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 8:49 am
Witnesses will include Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, and Gen. [read post]
12 Feb 2012, 9:00 am
Voters Grow More Aware of Defense Secretary Panetta Sunday, February 12, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who recently announced significant cuts to the defense budget and plans for the United States to end its combat role in Afghanistan earlier than scheduled, is a bit more recognizable to voters these days. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 9:28 am
Just last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta acknowledged on 60 Minutes that the U.S. can and does carry out targeted killings of U.S. citizens subject to the recommendations of the CIA Director and the Secretary of Defense and pursuant to the President’s authorization. [read post]
