Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit

ABC News by By MATTHEW COLE, RICHARD ESPOSITO, BRIAN ROSS | Aug. 24, 2009 (News Report)
Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House

Leon will be leaving," predicted a former top U.S. intelligence official, citing the conflict with Blair. The former official said Panetta is also "uncomfortable" with some of the operations being carried out by the CIA that he did not know about until he took the job. Full Story »

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 by John Louden - Aug. 24, 2009

Lots of anonomyous sources, of course, but the report seems balanced.

White House spokesperson, Denis McDonough, said reports that Panetta had threatened to quit and that the White House was seeking a replacement were “inaccurate.”

The appointment today of a special prosecutor into CIA interrogation procedures supports the thrust of this piece.

One CIA official said colleagues involved in the interrogation program were preparing for a far-reaching criminal investigation.

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