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CIA Director Leon Panetta Tells Agency Torture Revelations Are 'Old Story'

Aug. 24, 2009
Panetta is trying to boost his brow-beaten agency with a message to his employees: It's ancient history. The practices have been discontinued. We're the ones who brought it to the Justice Department's attention. Now let's back to the important work of protecting the nation.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch