NYT: Panetta to be nominated to head CIA
It is not on the newspaper’s website yet, or anywhere else in the blogosphere, but the New York Times’ e-mail alerts says it is so:
From: “NYTimes.com News Alert” <nytdirect@nytimes.com>
Reply-To: <nytdirect@nytimes.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:36:19 -0500
Subject: News Alert: Leon E. Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. DirectorBreaking News Alert
The New York Times
Monday, January 5, 2009 — 2:32 PM ET
—–Leon E. Panetta to Be Named C.I.A. Director
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Leon E. Panetta,
the former congressman and White House chief of staff, to
take over the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization
that Mr. Obama criticized during the campaign for using
interrogation methods he decried as torture, Democratic
officials said Monday.Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
UPDATE: NBC News and other outlets are now reporting the same.
