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[[Leon E. Panetta]] was appointed Director of the US [[Central Intelligence Agency]] on 13 February 2009.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/leon-e-panetta.html Leon. E Panetta]], Central Intelligence Agency, 13 February 2009.</ref> | [[Leon E. Panetta]] was appointed Director of the US [[Central Intelligence Agency]] on 13 February 2009.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/leon-e-panetta.html Leon. E Panetta]], Central Intelligence Agency, 13 February 2009.</ref> | ||
| − | ==Blackwater revelations== | + | ==Xe (Blackwater) revelations== |
| − | After learning that the [[CIA]] had hired the private security contractor [[Blackwater]] as part of a planned programme to assassinate [[Al Qaeda]] leaders, Panetta held an emergency meeting in June 2009 to brief Congress about the programme for the first time.<ref>Mark Mazzetti, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/us/20intel.html?_r=2&hp C.I.A. Sought | + | After learning that the [[CIA]] had hired the private security contractor [[Xe (Blackwater)]] as part of a planned programme to assassinate [[Al Qaeda]] leaders, Panetta held an emergency meeting in June 2009 to brief Congress about the programme for the first time.<ref>Mark Mazzetti, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/us/20intel.html?_r=2&hp C.I.A. Sought Xe (Blackwater)’s Help to Kill Jihadists], New York Times, 19 August 2009.</ref> |
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Revision as of 11:55, 10 June 2010
Leon E. Panetta was appointed Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency on 13 February 2009.[1]
Xe (Blackwater) revelations
After learning that the CIA had hired the private security contractor Xe (Blackwater) as part of a planned programme to assassinate Al Qaeda leaders, Panetta held an emergency meeting in June 2009 to brief Congress about the programme for the first time.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Leon. E Panetta], Central Intelligence Agency, 13 February 2009.
- ↑ Mark Mazzetti, C.I.A. Sought Xe (Blackwater)’s Help to Kill Jihadists, New York Times, 19 August 2009.
