Panettagate?

ACCURACY IN MEDIA (AIM), 6/14/2011 by Cliff Kincaid - Panettagate: A Real Scandal Involving National Security

[Snip] ...[I]n the spirit of public service, which the Post is apparently encouraging, my friend and associate Trevor Loudon and I have dug into the background of CIA director and Secretary of Defense nominee Leon Panetta. It’s too bad that we didn’t have this material [.pdf] assembled before now, but better late than never. The evidence shows that Panetta had a close and personal relationship with a member of the Communist Party by the name of Hugh DeLacy, whose record included meeting with communist espionage agents. By any objective standard of journalism, this should be big news. But the question now is whether the media, liberal and conservative, will take time off from Weinergate to pay attention and examine the evidence. Read more at AIM...

Reuters, 6/14/2011 - Senate panel approves Panetta as defense chief: "He is expected to win a Senate floor vote in the near future as the next U.S. defense secretary but the exact timing of that vote is still uncertain."
UPDATE at AIM, 6/15/2011 - Who Checked Out Leon Panetta?