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Leon Panetta
Information about this person was last updated on Saturday, January 30, 2010.
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Pakistan opposition leader under house arrest
March 19, 2009 - June 15, 2009
Obama pivots from first 100 days to rest of agenda (AP)
April 17, 2009 - April 24, 2009
Gunmen attack Pakistani army headquarters
August 7, 2009 - December 12, 2009
Pelosi says CIA misled Congress about waterboarding
May 9, 2009 - May 23, 2009
'Ten dead' in latest Iran clashes
March 1, 2009 - December 13, 2009
Cheney 'ordered CIA to hide plan'
July 11, 2009 - July 18, 2009
Nato commits additional Afghanistan troops
March 24, 2009 - December 2, 2009
Panetta: I'd shun controversial interrogation techniques
February 5, 2009 - February 13, 2009
CIA report: interrogators threatened families of detainees
August 23, 2009 - August 26, 2009
Israel 'wants rapid Gaza pullout'
May 15, 2009 - May 19, 2009
Blackwater teams joined CIA operations- NY Times
December 11, 2009 - December 13, 2009
CIA to shut detention ‘black sites’
April 9, 2009 - April 11, 2009
Former CIA directors want interrogation probe halted
September 18, 2009 - September 20, 2009
Blackwater's dark heart
August 21, 2009 - August 22, 2009
Obama vow on Guantanamo inmates
May 16, 2009 - May 20, 2009
Senate panel to pursue investigation of CIA
February 27, 2009 - March 6, 2009
India remembers victims of Mumbai terror attacks
November 19, 2009 - November 22, 2009
Congress ahead in India vote count
March 19, 2009 - April 17, 2009
US Senator Ted Kennedy dies of brain cancer
August 26, 2009 - August 29, 2009
New York commemorates September 11 attacks
September 12, 2009 - September 12, 2009
Muslim major who shot dead 13 at Texas army base faced FBI probe over sympathies with suicide bombers
November 10, 2009 - November 10, 2009
House Dems: Panetta testified CIA has misled Congress repeatedly
July 10, 2009 - July 10, 2009
Italian hostage freed in Philippines speaks of relief
July 14, 2009 - July 14, 2009
Guantanamo meets Geneva Convention standards, Pentagon study finds
February 22, 2009 - February 22, 2009
Latest bin Laden audio tape released
September 11, 2009 - September 11, 2009
Ethiopian in UK from Guantanamo
February 24, 2009 - February 24, 2009
Egypt defends smuggling barrier with Gaza
January 29, 2010 - January 29, 2010
International outrage as North Korea defies UN to launch missile in 'satellite test'
February 6, 2009 - February 6, 2009
No ready substitutes for an economic model under threat
July 9, 2009 - July 9, 2009
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[-said]: Under the new policy, promotions to SIS for most analysts and operations officers will be contingent on demonstrating foreign language competency. If an officer is promoted to SIS and does not meet the foreign language requirement within one year, he or she will return to their previous, lower grade. This is a powerful incentive to maintain and improve skills critical to the Agency's global mission.
CBSnews 29-JAN-10
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[-wrote]: In the past year, we have done exceptionally heavy damage to al Qaeda and its associates. That's why the extremists hit back,
ABCnews 10-JAN-10
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[ said]: The individual was about to be searched by our security officers -- a distance away from other intelligence personnel -- when he set off his explosives,
ABCnews 10-JAN-10
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[-wrote]: This was not a question of trusting a potential intelligence asset, even one who had provided information that we could verify independently. It is never that simple, and no one ignored the hazards,
haveeru 10-JAN-10
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[-said]: The individual was about to be searched by our security officers - a distance away from other intelligence personnel - when he set off his explosives,
aljazeera 10-JAN-10
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[-said]: The main lesson from this attack is that, like our military, CIA officers are on the front lines against al-Qaeda and its violent allies,
haveeru 10-JAN-10
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[-wrote]: No one ignored the hazards,
ABCnews 10-JAN-10
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[-wrote]: As an agency, we have found consolation in the strength and heroism of our fallen colleagues and their families,
channelnewsasia 09-JAN-10
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[-said]: Those who fell yesterday were far from home and close to the enemy, doing the hard work that must be done to protect our country from terrorism,
newschannel5 01-JAN-10
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[-said]: We owe them our deepest gratitude, and we pledge to them and their families that we will never cease fighting for the cause to which they dedicated their lives — a safer America,
msnbc 31-DEC-09
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[-said]: Those who make a real difference often face real danger,
HonululuAdvetrtiser 31-DEC-09
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[-said]: Yesterday's tragedy reminds us that the men and women of the CIA put their lives at risk every day to protect this nation,
earthtimes 31-DEC-09
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[-reported]: reverse Attorney General Holder’s Aug. 24 decision to re-open the criminal investigation of CIA interrogations.
middle 30-DEC-09
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[-said]: The US considers Pakistan a strategic partner with whom it wants to build a long-term and sustained relationship even beyond the cooperation in countering the militancy and extremism,
dailytimesPK 21-NOV-09
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[-commented that]: your nation needs you. It needs your ingenuity; it needs your wisdom; it needs the skills of your communities to help protect the way of life that all of us hold dear.
ahram 09-OCT-09
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[ said]: Well, we think that they continue to receive encouragement from al-Qaida in Pakistan, and they continue to receive encouragement from the terrorists who are located in Pakistan and that because of that relationship, we view them very much as a threat to peace in Afghanistan,
voanews 08-OCT-09
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[-reported]: It was built into a mountain; obviously that raised question marks,
jrep 08-OCT-09
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[-said]: It’s clear that there was some degree of corruption and fraud involved in the election,
dailytimesPK 20-SEP-09
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[said was:]: going on as we speak
dailytimesPK 20-SEP-09
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[-added]: That gives me at least some hope that we can direct this in the right way,
dailytimesPK 20-SEP-09
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[-added]: The result is that both our military and civilian operations demand better intelligence,
dailytimesPK 20-SEP-09
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[-said]: The end result of that is that it's still difficult to know whether or not it means the leaders there will be more hardline and therefore more difficult to engage in diplomatic relationships with the United States, or whether they view what happened in the election as a signal to them to try to see if they can establish a better relationship with the United States and with the rest of the world,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: It's clear that there was some degree of corruption and fraud involved in the election,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: The fact is, we're probably still not sure of all the implications coming out of this election,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: The reason I am here is because I want to reach out to the Arab community, and reach out to the Muslim community and see what we can do to help bring that community into the CIA,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-says]: The ones that we're most concerned with, however, are those that are obviously engaging in military action, are taking American lives, and are operating in a way that we see as much more effective and much more efficient in terms of warfare. And that's what concerns us, it concerns the president of the United States.
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: I think that if we get trapped by the politics of the past it'll take away our future and impact on our ability to do our jobs. So my message to the people at the CIA is, let's do our job, let's stick together,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-noted]: It's a mixed bag. You don't have just one brand of Taliban,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-says]: One thing is for sure: that there continues to be turmoil in Iran as the result of the election. While the Supreme Leader and Ahmadinejad have consolidated their positions and seem to have control in Iran, there continues to be the voices of opposition that are raised.
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: I think the reason I felt the way I did is because I don't believe there's a basis there for any kind of additional action,
NPRnews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: Well, we think that they continue to receive encouragement from al-Qaida in Pakistan, and they continue to receive encouragement from the terrorists who are located in Pakistan, and that because of that relationship we view them very much as a threat to peace in Afghanistan,
voanews 18-SEP-09
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[-said]: My concern is... that we don’t get trapped by the past. My feeling is, ultimately we’re going to be able to move on,
dailytimesPK 17-SEP-09
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[-said]: I need you. The nation needs you,
jrep 17-SEP-09
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[ said]: We have to reflect the face of this nation, and we have to reflect the face of the world,
msnbc 17-SEP-09
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[-said]: inside information on al- Qaeda was in short supply.
news 27-AUG-09
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[ recalls]: huge difference between the two brothers,
usaToday 26-AUG-09
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[ said]: Bobby was much more doing his own thing,
usaToday 26-AUG-09
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[-wrote]: My primary interest ... is to stand up for those officers who did what their country asked and who followed the legal guidance they were given,
earthtimes 25-AUG-09
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[-said]: This is in many ways an old story,
NPRnews 25-AUG-09
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[-said]: The CIA obtained intelligence from high-value detainees when inside information on al-Qaida was in short supply,
NPRnews 25-AUG-09
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[also said:]: This agency made no excuses for behaviour, however rare, that went beyond the formal guidelines on counter-terrorism.
bbc 24-AUG-09
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[-wrote]: interrogation techniques,
guardian 24-AUG-09
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[added:]: My primary interest - when it comes to a programme that no longer exists - is to stand up for those officers who did what their country asked and who followed the legal guidance they were given. That is the president's position, too.
guardian 24-AUG-09
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[-said]: Our concern right now is that likely safe havens are areas in the Horn of Africa, like Somalia and Yemen, that are countries that because of their political status, can be attractive to al Qaeda in order to operate there,
cnn 06-AUG-09
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[-said]: It is very precise, it’s very limited in terms of collateral damage and very frankly, it’s the only game in town in terms of confronting and trying to disrupt the Al Qaeda leadership,
dailytimesPK 21-JUL-09
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[-said]: It is very precise, it's very limited in terms of collateral damage and very frankly, it's the only game in town in terms of confronting and trying to disrupt the Al-Qaeda leadership,
news 20-JUL-09
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[testified:]: he was told that the vice president had ordered that the program not be briefed to the Congress.
cnn 14-JUL-09
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[-said]: We should not yield to terrorists
ChinaPost 13-JUL-09
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[ reported that]: two people with direct knowledge of the matter
CBC 13-JUL-09
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[-was respond]: That is against our laws and our values.
cnn 09-JUL-09
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[-said]: Let me be clear: It is not our policy or practice to mislead Congress,
cnn 09-JUL-09
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[-said]: He helped unite the class and kept its spirits high in the toughest moments,
dehai 19-JUN-09
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[-declared]: Information containing details of the ( interrogation techniques ) being applied would provide ready-made ammunition for al Qaida propaganda,
news 19-JUN-09
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[-said]: Too often, critical issues were kept from this committee. Keeping this committee fully and currently informed is not optional_ it's the law, and it is my solemn obligation to fulfill that requirement,
news 18-JUN-09
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[-said]: I think he smells some blood in the water on the national security issue ,
news 16-JUN-09
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[-told]: didn't want to spend a lot of time dealing with the past and what mistakes were made.
WashingtonPost_B 15-JUN-09
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[ said]: It's almost, a little bit, gallows politics,
washtimes 15-JUN-09
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[-said]: dangerous politics,
channelnewsasia 15-JUN-09
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[-told]: he’s wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.
arabtimes 15-JUN-09
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[-said]: I think he smells some blood in the water on the national security issue,
reuters 14-JUN-09
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[-told]: he's wishing that this country would be attacked again, in order to make his point.
msnbc 14-JUN-09
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[said:]: The last information we had, that’s still the case. Finding Osama was one of our major priorities. One of our hopes was that the Pakistanis move in militarily, combined with our operations, we may be able to have a better chance to find the al-Qaeda leader.
NewsJang 13-JUN-09
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[ said]: one of our major priorities
dailytimesPK 12-JUN-09
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[-said]: The approach that we take to deal with North Korean nuclear development will send a very important signal to Iran in how we deal with them,
japantoday 12-JUN-09
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[-said]: we are making good progress,
CBSnews 12-JUN-09
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[-said]: Our concern right now is that likely safe havens are areas in the Horn of Africa, like Somalia and Yemen, that are countries that because of their political status can be attractive to al Qaeda in order to operate there,
cnn 12-JUN-09
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[ said]: I guess one of our hopes is that as Pakistani military moves in, combined with our operations, we may have a better chance to get at him,
peopledaily 12-JUN-09
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[-said]: Finding Bin Laden is one of our major priorities,
AHN 12-JUN-09
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[ said]: Our hope is that the Pakistanis move in militarily, combined with our operations, we may be able to have a better chance to get him,
HonululuAdvetrtiser 12-JUN-09
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[-said]: one of our major priorities,
thestar 11-JUN-09
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[replied:]: The last information we had, that's still the case.
thestar 11-JUN-09
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[-said]: disclosure of explicit details of specific interrogations where [enhanced interrogation techniques] were applied would provide al-Qaeda with propaganda it could use to recruit and raise funds,
middle 10-JUN-09
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[-wrote]: I have determined that the disclosure of intelligence about Al-Qaeda reasonably could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national s ecurity by informing our enemies of what we knew about them, and when, and in some instances, how we obtained the intelligence,
kuwaittimes 10-JUN-09
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[-said]: These top secret communications consist primarily of sensitive intelligence and operational information concerning interrogations of Abu Zubayda,
middle 10-JUN-09
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[wrote:]: I have determined that the disclosure of intelligence about al-Qaeda reasonably could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security by informing our enemies of what we knew about them, and when, and in some instances, how we obtained the intelligence.
bbc 09-JUN-09
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[-wrote]: I have determined that the disclosure of intelligence about Al Qaeda reasonably could be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security by informing our enemies of what we knew about them, and when, and in some instances, how we obtained the intelligence,
latimes 09-JUN-09
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