CIA Director, Defense Secretary, Gentleman with Leon Panetta

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary Leon Panetta (Panetta Institute) joins Andrew (X; LinkedIn) to discuss his lifetime of American public service. Secretary Panetta was the 2023 recipient of SPY’s William H. Webster Award. What You’ll Learn Intelligence Directing the Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence & the Abbottabad Raid Working within the Clinton Administration A life’s dedication to the safety of the American public Reflections The power of patience and the ability to listen Handing immense pressure and responsibility And much, much more … Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* My Life in American Intelligence with Barry Zulauf (2023) David Petraeus on Ukraine & Intelligence with the former CIA Director & 4* General (2023) Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy with Michael Vickers (2023) The 75th Anniversary of the CIA with former Director Robert Gates (2022) *Beginner Resources* What Does the Secretary of Defense Do? MasterClass (2022) [Short article] How did the US find and kill Osama bin Laden? 60 Minutes Australia, YouTube (2018) [4 min. video] Leon E. Panetta, Panetta Institute for Public Policy (n.d.) [Short biography] DEEPER DIVE Books The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future, C. Whipple (Scribner, 2021) The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, C. Whipple (Crown, 2018) Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace, L. Panetta & J. Newton (Penguin Books, 2014) SECDEF: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, C. A. Stevenson (Potomac Books, 2007) Primary Sources Statement on Syria before the Senate Armed Services Committee (2012) Nomination of Hon. Leon E. Panetta to be Secretary of Defense (2011) Statement to Employees by CIA Director Leon Panetta on the Death of Usama Bin Ladin (2011) Nomination of Leon Panetta to be Director, Central Intelligence Agency (2009) Memorandum for Leon Panetta on POTUS’ Time Investment (1996) Letter from Brown to Panetta Regarding Fiscal Year 1994-1997 (1993) Letter to the Honorable Leon E. Panetta from George Bush (1977) *Wildcard Resource* Secretary Panetta now lives on a lovely vineyard in sunny California. Speaking of wine and spies, check out Vint Hill Winery in Warrenton, Virginia. In 1942 the US Army set up top-secret SIGINT operations at the now-vineyard after the farm’s owner, a Ham Radio enthusiast, set up a wire on the roof of the barn that could reach signals from Berlin. The farm was the site of The Signal Corps cryptographic school, which famously intercepted messages from Hiroshi Oshima in 1943.

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0:51.6	It's very tough to stare the President of the United States in the face and say,
0:56.4	you know what, I think you're making a mistake. And these are the reasons why. This is the reasons why.
1:04.0	This week's guest is former CIA director Leon Panetta.
1:13.7	He has spent decades in public service and has held other significant roles such as Secretary of
1:19.3	Defense and White House Chief of Staff, as well as Congressman and U.S. Army Intelligence Officer.
1:26.5	He is currently the Chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy at Cal State
1:31.1	Monterrey Bay. he was an absolute pleasure to interview.
1:37.2	In this week's episode you'll learn about what it's like to direct the Central Intelligence Agency, the role of Intelligence and the bin Laden
1:47.2	read, what it's like to work for President Clinton and President Obama, how his golden retriever, Bravo, kept him calm in times of crisis
1:57.9	and much, much more.
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2:10.0	So thanks ever so much for joining me Secretary Panetta and I just wondered what your thoughts were on receiving the Webster
2:21.1	so you're here at the International Spy Museum
2:24.4	to get the most prestigious award that we give out.
2:28.0	How does it feel to come here and to be honored by people
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