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18 Jul 2017, 1:45 pm
In just one example, in 2015, Leon Panetta, the former CIA director, acknowledged that he personally approved the targeted killing by drone of an alleged al-Qaeda operative in the country. [read post]
22 Feb 2014, 12:38 pm by Nadia Kayyali
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]
10 Oct 2011, 8:20 am by Raffaela Wakeman
From the AP, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reportedly joked at the U.S. base in Naples, Italy: “obviously I have a helluva lot more weapons available to me in this job than I had at the CIA. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 4:11 pm by Tom Parker
The Senate confirmation hearings for the new Director of the Central Intelligence, Leon Panetta, raised the most significant flag when he told Senators that he had no intention of holding CIA officers responsible for the policies they were told to carry out – effectively suggesting the historically discredited defense of “only obeying orders” would be given currency by the Obama administration. [read post]
21 May 2012, 1:49 pm by Raffaela Wakeman
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 by Jessica Dorsey
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]
20 May 2011, 3:30 pm by Jessica Monaco, ACLU
It would be hard to find a better authority on where the truth lies than CIA Director Leon Panetta and he says, mmm, not so much. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 11:18 am
" CIA Director Leon Panetta issued a statement to the agency's employees, in which he said that the material covered in the newly released documents "is in many ways an old story," and asserted that his "primary interestâ€â [read post]
11 Jun 2013, 11:53 am by Benjamin Wittes
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]
7 Oct 2011, 3:07 pm by Patrick
Obama enthused at a dawn press conference, flanked by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, CIA Director David Petraeus, and newly sworn Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 11:42 am by Quinta Jurecic
Signatories include former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, former Acting and Deputy Director of the CIA Michael Morrell, and former U.S. [read post]
20 May 2010, 3:05 pm by Bill Otis
MSNBC says: Blair's tenure as the overseer of the nation's intelligence agencies was marked by turf battles with CIA  Director Leon Panetta and controversial public comments in the wake of the Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 1:31 pm
President Barack Obama walks with CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, and Deputy CIA Director Steve Kappes after delivering remarks at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia in April. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 12:28 pm by Chris Mirasola
Only one, Leon Panetta, had no prior intelligence or military experience. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 2:11 pm by Ritika Singh
Lots of coverage of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee yesterday. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:08 am by gstasiewicz
CIA Director Leon Panetta, meanwhile, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on February 17, 2011, that, if Osama bin Laden were captured, he would be transferred to Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
3 May 2011, 6:56 am by Mike Scarcella
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) asked CIA Director Leon Panetta at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing what the government would do with bin Laden were he captured alive. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 5:00 am by Derek Grossman
For example, according to the Post report, former CIA director and defense secretary Leon Panetta said that “something will be missed. [read post]
7 Mar 2009, 10:36 pm
Leon Panetta has said that we're going to continue renditions, provided we're not sending people to countries that torture. [read post]