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Vol. 15 · No. 120 · Wednesday, 7 October 2026

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Ex-Pentagon janitor writes tell-all book roasting leon Panetta

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former Pentagon janitorial supervisor has become the latest D.C. insider to criticize his former boss with the release of an explosive tell-all book highlighting a Defense Department he characterized as having a lack of leadership and inability to function in a high-stakes foreign policy environment, Duffel Blog has learned.

The book “Worthy Spills" by Jesus Lopez is set to be released next week, detailing former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's eating habits, his secretary's domestic snacking issue, and even includes a highly-critical anecdote claiming that Panetta spilled coffee all over the floor during the mission to eliminate Osama bin Laden, and he didn't even put down so much as a napkin to mop some of it up.

Lopez, who received a certificate of achievement signed by current Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel following his retirement last month after 20 years, says he has always been an "honest, straight talking kind of guy,” and just wanted the real story to be told.

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