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Barack Obama’s new CIA boss signals end of waterboarding and rendition
Alex Spillius
London Telegraph
Wednesday, Jan 7, 2008
Barack Obama has broken with the controversial intelligence practices of George Bush by appointing a former White House official with no relevant experience to lead the CIA.
The selection of Leon Panetta, who was Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, was intended to tell Americans the era of waterboarding, warrantless wiretapping, extraordinary renditions and secret prisons was now over.
President-Elect Obama ignored a list of former and current CIA officials who had impressive credentials but who had worked in intelligence during the Bush administration’s development of controversial policies or during earlier failures.
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The premier US spy agency has still to recover its reputation fully from failing to prevent the Sept 11 attacks and providing faulty intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.
Mr Obama’s shift away from career intelligence officers to a nominee renowned as a skilled manager also appears to be an attempt to insulate the White House from the sometimes parochial agendas of the 16 different secret agencies.
But news of Mr Panetta’s selection, which has been confirmed by Democratic sources but not yet officially announced, drew sharp criticism from both parties.
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January 7th, 2009 at 6:11 am
This seems to suggest what Obama was signalling with the selection of Ponetta. At least that was what I got from watching Ray McGovern last night on The News Hour
January 7th, 2009 at 9:03 am
David Icke slams Obama as a fraud: http://WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMA
January 7th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Maybe Obama isnt gonna be so bad after all…
January 7th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Panetta’s a good man. Its over.
January 7th, 2009 at 10:24 am
“The premier US spy agency has still to recover its reputation fully from failing to prevent the Sept 11 attacks and providing faulty intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.”
Bush 43 openly lied about CIA intelligence that DID NOT support the administration’s claims of WMD. In fact, this former prosecutor proves that Bush is a god-damn liar and these lies cost the lies of American troops:
http://www.prosecutionofbush.com/
Bush, Cheney, Rummy and that idiot Rice have absolutely got to pay for their crimes against our country and their crimes against foreign people.
January 7th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
Old Lenny-boy WAS in fact a part of ‘rendition’ under Slick. I don’t think he has any problem at all with listening to your phone conversations and despite Obama’s lies there are no plans whatever to end the battle for Israel in Iraq, and moreover Obama plans to drastically ramp up the slaughter in Afghanistan. Get ready you torturers in Egypt and Jordan! Old Lenny is back!
January 7th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
If he if really tries to straighten out the mess we know as the CIA he better get some good protection. Remember ther Secret Service were in on the Kennedy assassination. And I hope he don’t have any skeletons in the closet. They know a million ways to destroy someone.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:38 am
skippee dee, no waterboarding. We will just be locked up in Fema Camp and probably beheaded or faced with gas or a firing squad for resisting the NWO. Bring it on, we win on the other side of this…………………annie, tracked and mad and finding MANY new friends…..
January 8th, 2009 at 8:33 am
I think that overall Obama is a good man, but I think there are too many stinkers in the closet that they are going to tie his hands. All of them who gave money during his campaign, are going to want their “bailout”. And in the end, they will put him up as a sacrificial lamb when the reality is that there are so many corrupted forces in government that you pretty much need a whole new senate in place and erasure of the federal reserve’s powers to get us back on the track of the founding fathers once again. Sad, but an impossible task it seems.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:47 am
What CIA? Oh, you mean MOSSAD don’t you?
January 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
What are we to do instead of torture? Pat them on the back and ask them if thier mommy and daddy didnt love them enough!!! They would kill any of us slowly for no reason. To many bleeding hearts out there.
January 8th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Oh right – like Panetta will just cease all rendition and torture operations. If you honestly believe that then i have a couple bridges for ya.
It certainly sounds nice, and of course the sheeple will no doubt buy into the notion as they always do. I ‘m sure Faux News will be announcing the end o’ torture any minute.
January 11th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Hello.Nice purlieus! Thanks you for this informations!