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Panetta warns Israel getting more isolated

LOLITA C. BALDOR AP 10/02/2011
Panetta warns Israel getting more isolated

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Sunday that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated in the Middle East, and said Israeli leaders must restart negotiations with the Palestinians and work to restore relations with Egypt and Turkey.

US Defence Secretary in Iraq as another American soldier killed

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to urge Iraqi leaders to act against Iran-backed Shiite militias, as another American soldier was killed in the south of the country.

CIA director tells workforce to stop talking about bin Laden raid — or face legal action

CIA director Leon Panetta is warning his employees that leakers will be investigated and possibly prosecuted after a flurry of reports in the media about the technology and methods used to track and ultimately kill Osama bin Laden.

CIA CHIEF: Video blackout during bin Laden raid for 20-25 minutes

The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events.

Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

ANNE GEARAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER WTOP 04/27/2011

Panetta says CIA will probe WikiLeaks document release

Sara A. Carter Washington Examiner 11/08/2010
Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA

President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the U.S. national security leadership, senior administration officials and other sources said Wednesday.

Panetta says CIA will probe WikiLeaks document release

CIA Director Leon Panetta said the agency’s Office of Security will “fully investigate” the WikiLeaks documents released on a public web site. “In some cases, CIA sources and methods have been compromised, harming our mission and endangering lives,” he said.

CIA sues ex-agent for book's breach of 'secrecy'

Bill Gertz The Washington Times 10/19/2010
CIA says Al-Qaeda in Pakistan hit hard in US attacks: report

The CIA's expanding operations in Pakistan have taken "a serious toll" on the Al-Qaeda network, the spy agency director, Leon Panetta, has told US media. But he said it remained unclear whether the effort had prevented a possible terror plot against European cities, the Los Angeles Times quoted him as saying Tuesday.

CIA sues ex-agent for book's breach of 'secrecy'

The CIA has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against a former deep-cover agent who published a book critical of the agency without allowing CIA censors to remove large portions of the manuscript before publication.

CIA forms new center to combat nukes, WMDs

KIMBERLY DOZIER My Way News 08/19/2010
CIA forms new center to combat nukes, WMDs

The CIA is opening a counterproliferation center to combat the spread of dangerous weapons and technology, a move that comes as Iran is on the verge of fueling up a new nuclear power plant.

CIA boss asks US Muslims to aid anti-terror effort

DEARBORN, Mich. — The director of the CIA beseeched Arab-American and Muslim leaders Wednesday to join efforts to reduce the threat of terrorism in the U.S.


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