President Obama’s decision to promise not to prosecute the CIA officers who carried out the range of freakish conduct and torture described in the latest set of Office of Legal Counsel memos released today could be seen as either 1) fair, because the CIA officers were following the advice More…
CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta emerged from his confirmation hearings Friday as a forceful proponent of ending the CIA’s Bush-era forays into torture, extraordinary rendition and indefinite detention. But he seemed open to holding detainees for extended periods without charge — a position that could influence a forthcoming Obama administration review More…
It’s been a rough month for Leon Panetta. First, in early January, President Obama’s choice to become the next director of the CIA met swift opposition from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, owing to Panetta’s lack of experience with the intelligence community. More…
I don’t know if I believe this, but The Guardian is reporting that President-elect Barack Obama might put out feelers for direct U.S. talks with Hamas.
The Guardian has spoken to three people with knowledge of the discussions in the Obama camp. There is no talk of Obama approving
The surprising news that former congressman and White House chief of staff Leon Panetta will be tapped to head the CIA represented an about face for President-elect Barack Obama’s early effort at putting an intelligence veteran at the top of the nation’s chief spy agency. But initially at least, the More…
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