TPMDC CIA: March 2011
CIA
White House: Obama Has Yet To Decide Whether To Arm Libyan Rebels
President Barack Obama
Amid reports that President Obama had signed a secret order authorizing covert support for Libyan rebels, the White House issued a sweeping statement Wednesday evening saying the President has made no decision about supplying arms to the opposition.
White House spokesman Jay Carney first said he would not comment on intelligence matters, but went on to reiterate Obama's recent assertions that he had yet to decide whether to provide arms to the opposition or "to any group in Libya."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Barack Obama, CIA, CIA/DNI/Intelligence, Dan Burton, Jay Carney, Libya, Muammar Qaddafi, State Department
Barack Obama
Obama: U.S. 'Slowly Tightening The Noose' Around Qaddafi
President Barack Obama
President Obama says he is "absolutely" concerned about Libyan Leader Muammar Qaddafi prevailing against opposition rebels but said the U.S. and its allies are "slowly tightening the noose" around him in an effort to push the dictator from power.
"I've not taken any options off the table at this point," Obama said in Friday press conference. "...We've moved as swiftly as any international coalition has ever moved to take sanctions...I have not foreclosed any options."
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Barack Obama, Budget, Budget Committee, CIA, CIA/DNI/Intelligence, Hillary Clinton, House Democrats, House Republicans, James Clapper, Japan, Libya, Muammar Qaddafi, Senate, Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, State Department
James Clapper
Graham Calls For Ousting DNI Clapper After a Series of Stumbles
National Intelligence Director James Clapper
The Director of National Intelligence is a thankless job. Little wonder why the key administration position, which oversees coordination among the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, has turned over four times in its five-year existence.
On Thursday, President Obama's DNI James Clapper had a particularly rough day of it.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: CIA, CIA/DNI/Intelligence, Carl Levin, Christmas Day bomber, James Clapper, Lindsey Graham, Senate, Senate Armed Services Committee, director of national intelligence
Dianne Feinstein
Feinstein Slams Middle East Intelligence, Urges Caution On No-Fly Zone
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, harshly criticized the CIA and the rest of the intelligence community for failing to forecast the uprising in the Middle East and warned the White House not to intervene in Libya without international support.
"Our intelligence, and I see it all ... was woefully inadequate. [The unrest in] Tunisia was the only intelligence we got right," Feinstein told TPM Tuesday, adding that U.S. intelligence completely missed the instability in Egypt, Yemen and Bahrain.
Topics: Bahrain, CIA, CIA/DNI/Intelligence, Dianne Feinstein, John Kerry, John McCain, Leon Panetta, Libya, Lindsey Graham, Middle East, Mike Mullen, Muammar Qaddafi, Robert Gates, Senate intelligence committee, Tunisia, Yemen, no-fly zone
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