WASHINGTON — In choosing Leon E. Panetta to be the next CIA director, President-elect Barack Obama appears to have concluded that a spy chief who understands politics may be better equipped to ...

"I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA director," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who will chair the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the 111th Congress.

In his new memoir, Leon Panetta describes his years as CIA director and defense secretary. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press) Maybe President Obama should have asked his Cabinet secretaries to sign ...

WASHINGTON — Leon Panetta, a Northern California political ... of the choice before news leaked out Monday. Choosing a new CIA director has been a difficult decision for Obama.

Leon, you're on your own. CIA Director Leon Panetta is about to lose his top deputy -- a veteran official who's been his de facto bridge to the rest of the agency since he was brought on board to ...

Leon Panetta, former Defense Secretary and CIA Director, spoke with Robert Vane on the Leaders and Legends podcast, ...

The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed CIA Director Leon Panetta to serve as the next secretary of defense. Panetta, who was tapped by President Obama in April to succeed Robert M.

Former CIA director Leon E. Panetta clashed with the agency over the contents of his recently published memoir and allowed his publisher to begin editing and making copies of the book before he ...

Former CIA chief and defense secretary Leon Panetta says the mass detonation of Hezbollah communication devices, widely ...

Former secretary of defense Leon Panetta remains uncertain about the intelligence value of harsh interrogations. Eric Vidal/Reuters More than a decade after CIA interrogators began using "enhanced ...

according to former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. “That will inspire a pretty strong economy,” Panetta said during an onstage interview at Fortune’s Global Forum.

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta referred to Israel’s pager operation as “terrorism” during a recent interview with CBS News. In Lebanon last week, mass explosions of pagers and walkie ...