Leon Panetta

Leon Panetta   (spook)
Born	Leon Edward Panetta 1938-06-28 Monterey, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Santa Clara University
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Member of	Atlantic Council/Board, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Oracle, Truman Center for National Policy
Party	Republican, Democratic
White House Chief of Staff 1994-1997, CIA director 2009-2011, US Secretary of Defense 2011-2013  United States Secretary of Defense In office July 1, 2011 - February 27, 2013 Preceded by Robert Gates Succeeded by Chuck Hagel  Director of the Central Intelligence Agency In office February 13, 2009 - June 30, 2011 Deputy Michael Morell Preceded by Michael Hayden Succeeded by Michael Morell  White House Chief of Staff  In office July 17, 1994 - January 20, 1997  Director of the Office of Management and Budget  In office January 21, 1993 - July 17, 1994 Preceded by Richard Darman  Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget In office January 3, 1989 - January 21, 1993  Chairman of the House Budget Committee In office January 3, 1989 - January 21, 1993  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 17th district In office January 3, 1993 - January 21, 1993 Preceded by Anthony Beilenson, Duke Cunningham, Randy Cunningham, Don Edwards, Tom Lantos, Norman Mineta, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Dana Rohrabacher  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th district In office January 3, 1977 - January 3, 1993 Succeeded by Anthony Beilenson, Duke Cunningham, Randy Cunningham, Don Edwards, Jane Harman, Tom Lantos, Norman Mineta, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, Dana Rohrabacher

Leon E. Panetta was appointed Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency on 13 February 2009.

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.

 

Legal Case

Name	Plaintiff(s)	Defendant(s)	Start	End	Description
Hedges v. Obama	Daniel Ellsberg Chris Hedges Noam Chomsky Jenifer Bolen Kai Wargalla Birgitta Jónsdóttir Alexa O'Brien	Barack Obama Leon Panetta John McCain John Boehner Harry Reid Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi US Department of Defense Mitch McConnell United States of America	13 January 2012	28 April 2014	The plaintiffs challenged the 2012 NDAA contending that indefinite detention on "suspicion of providing substantial support" to groups such as al-Qaeda and the Taliban was so vague as to allow unconstitutional, indefinite detention of civilians based on vague allegations. The Court of Appeals struck down an initial agreement, and the US Supreme Court concurred, arguing that the plaintiffs could not prove they would be affected by the law, so had no standing to contest it.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Halifax International Security Forum/2011	18 November 2011	20 November 2011	Canada Halifax Nova Scotia	Spooky conference in Canada in November 2010
Halifax International Security Forum/2020	20 November 2020	22 November 2020	Canada Halifax Nova Scotia	Annual spooky conference in November, this year held online instead of in Canada due to Covid lockdowns.
Munich Security Conference/2012	3 February 2012	5 February 2012	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 48th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2020	14 February 2020	16 February 2020	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/2023	17 February 2023	19 February 2023	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists. The real decisions are made by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere.

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