Political Skills Assist Panetta as Spymaster
WASHINGTON—Intelligence reports landing on CIA Director Leon Panetta’s desk last July made the alarming claim that the Pakistani Taliban could have a nuclear device.
Mr. Panetta soon called his Pakistani counterpart with an offer, according to a senior intelligence official. The Central Intelligence Agency would hunt down Pakistan’s top terrorist target, but Mr. Panetta needed information on any nuclear threat.
The nuclear threat didn’t check out. But a month later, a CIA drone killed Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud.
Since then, Pakistani information long sought by CIA headquarters at Langley, Va., has flowed with greater regularity, assisting a string of …
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2009 Los Angeles Auto Show
If the North American auto show season has an official kickoff party, the Los Angeles Auto Show is it. In addition to world debuts of the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, 2011 Toyota Sienna and VW Up! Lite Concept, the 2009 LA Auto Show again played host to the Green Car of the Year announcement, which went to a diesel car for the second year in a row. The LA Auto Show is also a first chance to see and touch the cars unveiled around the world in the eight months since the New York Auto Show, which this year included jaw-droppers like the 2011 Lexus LFA and 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
