Leon Panetta gets heckled @ DNC’16: ‘No more war!’
That was the chant that nearly drowned out the former CIA director as he spoke to the Democratic Convention:
Click here for reuse options!Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s address to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday was met with loud boos and chants of “No more war!” and “Lies!” from the delegation.
Panetta, who headed the CIA and Department of Defense under President Obama, called Hillary Clinton “the single most experienced and prepared person who has ever run for President of the United States,” but was interrupted by the unruly crowd repeatedly during his speech.
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bpollen July 28th, 2016 at 02:54
The CIA is like those supermarket tabloids in at least one respect – they are both in the business of selling lies. If Panetta told me the sky was blue, I’d check.