Read more Leon Panetta stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26590/leon-panetta.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:35:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71246/cia-knew-of-secret-iran-facility-panetta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe CIA knew about Iran's recently revealed uranium-enrichment facility and had been collecting intelligence on it since 2006. The US, the UK, and France had been on the lookout for a new secret plant since the 2002 revelation of the Natanz facility. When intelligence and covert operations uncovered a new...http://www.newser.com/story/71246/cia-knew-of-secret-iran-facility-panetta.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 11:20:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68016/cia-will-cover-legal-bills-for-officers-in-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeon Panetta couldn't stop the Justice Department's widening inquiry into the CIA's interrogation policies, but the agency's director can make sure his employees don't go broke paying legal fees. The agency will see to it that case officers caught up in the investigation have representation, the Washington Post reports. Most...http://www.newser.com/story/68016/cia-will-cover-legal-bills-for-officers-in-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 9:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68008/in-obama-white-house-justice-trumps-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe appointment of a federal prosecutor to investigate CIA interrogations exposed a long-running turf war between the intelligence agency and the Department of Justice—and demonstrated the substantial clout of AG Eric Holder, who prevailed in almost every dispute with CIA Director Leon Panetta. The New York Times and Washington...http://www.newser.com/story/68008/in-obama-white-house-justice-trumps-cia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 7:40:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67656/holder-launches-probe-into-cia-torture-allegations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAG Eric Holder today named a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture against CIA operatives who interrogated terror suspects during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reports. John Durham, who is currently probing the destruction of interrogation tapes, will look into fewer than 12 cases detailed in a CIA...http://www.newser.com/story/67656/holder-launches-probe-into-cia-torture-allegations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 15:35:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67321/cia-hired-blackwater-to-help-plan-al-qaeda-killings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWe knew the US outsourced a lot of its work in Iraq to Blackwater, but this takes the cake: The CIA hired the infamous military contractor in 2004 to help it figure out how to track down and kill al-Qaeda operatives, reports the New York Times . The move to hire...http://www.newser.com/story/67321/cia-hired-blackwater-to-help-plan-al-qaeda-killings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 22:49:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65872/panetta-to-congress-let-go-of-the-past.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's time for the toxic air of recriminations and mistrust in Washington about the CIA’s post-9/11 intelligence programs to blow over, Leon Panetta writes today in the Washington Post . “I've become increasingly concerned that the focus on the past, especially in Congress, threatens to distract the CIA from its crucial...http://www.newser.com/story/65872/panetta-to-congress-let-go-of-the-past.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Aug 2009 12:47:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64895/judge-cia-used-fraud-to-get-wiretap-case-dismissed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS District Judge Royce Lamberth released hundreds of secret filings yesterday, saying the CIA falsely claimed that state secrets were involved in a 15-year-old wiretapping lawsuit, McClatchy reports. The agency allowed the judge to continue believing that an agent involved in the case was undercover, when in reality that cover...http://www.newser.com/story/64895/judge-cia-used-fraud-to-get-wiretap-case-dismissed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 9:23:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64683/house-will-probe-possible-cia-lies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House Intelligence Committee will investigate whether the CIA lied to Congress and violated the National Security Act, the Hill reports. The probe stems from claims by new CIA chief Leon Panetta and Rep. Nancy Pelosi that the agency regularly misled Congress.http://www.newser.com/story/64683/house-will-probe-possible-cia-lies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 17:08:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64560/cia-assassination-scheme-no-big-deal-in-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot only was the CIA's “targeted killing” program an “open secret,” but there's also “less to it than meets the eye,” Robert Baer writes for Time. The former intelligence officer notes that the Washington Post broke the story in 2001, and a New York Times reporter's book gave the name...http://www.newser.com/story/64560/cia-assassination-scheme-no-big-deal-in-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 13:42:01 CDT