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June 16, 2009

Report: CIA Director Initially Backed Truth Commission
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CIA Director Leon Panetta has revealed he initially supported the
creation of a Truth Commission to investigate the Bush administration’s
counterterrorism policies. Panetta told The New Yorker magazine, quote,
“I could see that it would make some sense, frankly, to appoint a
high-level commission, with somebody like Sandra Day O’Connor, Lee
Hamilton—people like that.” Panetta dropped his support for the Truth
Commission after President Obama essentially vetoed the idea in late
April.



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