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Panetta says US must keep up pressure on al-Qaida WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is pledging to keep up the pressure on al-Qaida. At his formal swearing-in ceremony, the former CIA director said that if the U.S. remains committed to that fight, then it ultimately will succeed in denying safe havens for the terrorist network. The 73-year-old Panetta was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. It was a ceremonial act because Panetta was officially sworn in July 1, his first day as Pentagon chief. Biden joked about they decided to hold a second swearing-in. Biden said some people noticed that Panetta has flown home to California several times already and they worried that he had changed his mind about taking the job. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=TX-PAR-BJY35&show_article=1 more at http://bigpeace.com there was hardly any doubt in my mind- they are just going to keep this thing going- war....the war on terror- spying on americans- the whole thing stinks-but it is the new face of life on this planet- Liked by Mona Kranke In a speech earlier Thursday from the Senate floor, McCain said that the United States "did not learn Abu Ahmed's real name or alias as a result of waterboarding or any 'enhanced interrogation technique' used on a detainee in U.S. custody." He was wrong then and wrong now. "Both former CIA Director Michael Hayden and former Director of National Intelligence Adm. Michael McConnell have acknowledged repeatedly that up to 2006, many of the valuable leads pursued by the intelligence community came from the three prisoners who were subjected to harsh techniques that included waterboarding in order to secure their cooperation. “‘The potential for the next Pearl Harbor could very well be a cyber-attack,’ he testified on Capitol Hill Thursday before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also appeared, telling the committee, ‘This threat is increasing in scope and scale, and its impact is difficult to overstate.’ “ ( CIA Director Leon Panetta Warns of Possible Cyber-Pearl Harbor – ABC News ) M. Reddy-Hjelmfelt ReAmplify'd post by Social Intelligence Monitor via Social Intelligence Monitor on Amplify. |