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20 April 2009

ACLU Petition for CIA Torture Special Prosecutor: http://tinyurl.com/dkx6vn

Obama's remarks at the event: http://cryptome.org/0001/obama-cia2.htm



Obama Protection at CIA HQ

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LANGLEY, VA - APRIL 20: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees at the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Headquarters) on April 20, 2009 in Langley, Virginia. In his first visit to the headquarters Obama defended his decision to release memos from Justice Department lawyers that authorized the CIA to use controversial interrogation tactics on suspected terrorists and told agency employees that they will have his full support. Getty [Secret Service chief of presidential protection detail Joe Clancy at center.]

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US President Barack Obama greets CIA employees prior to speaking during a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on April 20, 2009. Getty

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U.S. President Barack Obama walks past staff at the CIA headquarters before addressing them in Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009. Reuters

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US President Barack Obama speaks to CIA employees during a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on April 20, 2009. Getty [Protective agents at left and right, hands clasped.]

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US President Barack Obama (C) is escorted to his limousine by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Leon Panetta (R) and Stephen Kappes (L), deputy director of the CIA, after speaking to employees during a visit to CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on April 20, 2009. Getty [Note the woman at left who appears to be protecting the CIA Director, based on following photos.]

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U.S. President Barack Obama (C) walks to his car escorted by CIA Director Leon Panetta (2nd R) and Deputy Director Stephen Kappes (3rd L) at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009. Reuters

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LANGLEY, VA - APRIL 20: U.S. President Barack Obama is escorted out by CIA Director Leon Panetta (R) and Deputy Director Steve Kappas (L) after making remarks to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employees while at the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Headquarters) on April 20, 2009 in Langley, Virginia. In his first visit to the headquarters Obama defended his decision to release memos from Justice Department lawyers that authorized the CIA to use controversial interrogation tactics on suspected terrorists and told agency employees that they will have his full support. Getty

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CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden leaves the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2008. AP [Compare to the woman at left of Kappes.]

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CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden, left, and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2008. AP

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CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden leaves the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 24, 2008. AP [The woman reveals a badge.]

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CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, waves as he comes out after a meeting with Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 19, 2009. The person on the left is unidentified. AP

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CIA Director Leon Panetta, center, comes out after a meeting with Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 19, 2009. Others in the photo are unidentified. AP

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New CIA Director Leon Panetta speaks with reporters, at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va. , Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. Panetta said Argentina, Ecuador and Venezuela are in dire economic straits and could be destabilized by the worldwide economic crisis. AP [The large video screens are used to watch Predator killings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, directed from "quonset huts" constructed outside the first floor of CIA headquarters.]

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CIA Director Michael Hayden, center, takes part in a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. , Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. AP [The large video screens are used to watch Predator killings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, directed from "quonset huts" constructed outside the first floor of CIA headquarters.]

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Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta (from R-L), Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden are applauded by employees as they arrive for Panetta's ceremonial swearing-in at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, February 19, 2009. Reuters

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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta (2nd R) and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) greet CIA employees after Panetta's ceremonial swearing-in at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, February 19, 2009. Reuters

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MCLEAN, VA - FEBRUARY 19: Employees of the Central Intelligence Agency applaud during the ceremonial swearing-in of Director Leon Panetta at the CIA headquarters February 19, 2009 in McLean, Virginia. Panetta is the 19th director of the agency. Getty

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MCLEAN, VA - FEBRUARY 19: Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta (C) speaks as Vice President Joseph Biden (R), Panetta's wife Sylvia (2R), Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair (2L) and Deputy CIA Director Stephen Kappes (L) look on during a ceremonial swearing-in at the CIA headquarters February 19, 2009 in McLean, Virginia. Panetta is the 19th director of the agency. Getty [Protective agents at left and right, hands clasped.]