Bob Graham

...CIA, Leon Panetta, is finding more allies Tuesday. Former Intelligence Committee Chairman Bob Graham, the former Florida senator and Iraq war foe, said he was "happily surprised" by the pick. Click here for full story Panetta choice signals...

In this article: Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Detainee, and Eric Holder

Torture notes: will Panetta declassify? Graham backs Pelosi Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, today formally requested that CIA chief Leon Panetta and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Bair...

In this article: Nancy Pelosi, CIA, Leon Panetta, Peter Hoekstra, Dianne Feinstein, Mike Thompson, Senate Intelligence Committee, and John Yoo

...request that you immediately correct this record. Obey joins Sen. Jay Rockefeller, former senator Bob Graham, and of course Pelosi herself in pointing to inaccuracies in the CIA document. And, though most of the media was fooled by last...

In this article: CIA, Nancy Pelosi, Leon Panetta, Appropriation, GOP, Jay Rockefeller, and David Obey

...briefing did not include any mention of waterboarding -- a dramatically different account than the one offered by Shelby, who, along with Graham, was briefed by CIA officials three weeks after Pelosi's briefing. In defending Pelosi, Hoyer...

In this article: Nancy Pelosi, CIA, Steny H. Hoyer, Leon Panetta, Richard C. Shelby, GOP, David R. Obey, and Newt Gingrich

...a Florida Democrat. Mr. Graham, a former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said Mr. Panetta's White House experience as a "consumer" of intelligence would help him to guide the agency toward improvements. Representative Silvestre...

In this article: Leon E. Panetta, Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, and John McCone

...about Leon Panetta's nomination to head the CIA. If anyone understands the need to place a dedicated critic of Bush detainee policy at CIA, it's Graham -- so his endorsement is good news. But Graham also offers a candid theory on what...

In this article: Leon Panetta, Barack Obama, and CIA

...that Panetta, an outsider, would be unable to manage the notoriously closed CIA bureaucracy. "Leon is a very strong person," Graham said. "I don't think anybody is going to eat Leon for lunch." Don' mess with the CIA. They have their...

In this article: Leon Panetta, CIA, Barack Obama, Comity, Iraq War, Evan Bayh, and Jay Rockefeller