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New CIA director will declassify documents on the origin of COVID-19 Tengrinews.kz - The new C.I.A director, John Ratcliffe, has ordered the declassification of an updated analytical document on the origins of
27 January 2025 10:38
After Brussels, spies debate security risks of Brexit The Brussels attacks have pushed security to the forefront of Britain's EU referendum campaign this week, as intelligence experts came out of the shadows to press the benefits and disadvantages of membership.
28 March 2016 17:04
CIA chief 'outraged' by personal email hack CIA chief John Brennan said he was "outraged" that hackers broke into his personal email account, and faulted the media for its coverage of the incident.
28 October 2015 15:18
WikiLeaks publishes CIA chief's emails Anti-secrecy campaign group WikiLeaks published an initial tranche of documents it said were from the personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan.
22 October 2015 15:31
Key quotes from CIA chief on torture report CIA chief John Brennan acknowledged some of the US intelligence agency's interrogators went too far in their treatment of detaineesю
12 December 2014 13:35
Germany kicks out top US intelligence officer in spy row Germany expelled the CIA station chief in Berlin over alleged spying by the United States which has refused to break its silence over the escalating row between the Western allies.
11 July 2014 12:39
White House adopts new rules after CIA station chief outed The White House said Wednesday it had adopted new procedures on President Barack Obama's foreign trips to avoid a repeat of the "inadvertent" release of the name of the CIA's station chief in Kabul last month.
12 June 2014 10:57
CIA joins Twitter, Facebook The secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.
07 June 2014 11:37
Snowden says he wants to return to US Fugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden said Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of US intelligence secrets, saying abuses of constitutional rights left him no choice.
29 May 2014 11:14
Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in full The US government must turn over information on secret CIA interrogation centers connected to the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, a military judge said in an order released in full Tuesday.
23 April 2014 14:20
CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate: lawmaker The CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.
06 March 2014 14:56
New sanctions against Iran would sabotage deal: Gates Proposals by US lawmakers to impose new sanctions against Iran would be a mistake that would sabotage a possible diplomatic deal with Tehran: Gates
17 January 2014 14:27
Obama to unveil NSA reforms, response to Snowden President Barack Obama presents Americans on Friday with long-awaited reforms of spy agency phone and Internet data collection sweeps, prompted by the damaging torrent of leaks unleashed by Edward Snowden.
17 January 2014 11:25
Obama defends Afghan strategy after Gates comments Barack Obama insisted Monday he had faith in the Afghan war mission after former Pentagon chief Robert Gates charged the president lacked passion for military action and soured on his own troop surge.
14 January 2014 11:08
Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: Gates Former defense secretary Robert Gates has delivered a scathing critique of President Barack Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan in a revealing new memoir, US media reported Tuesday.
08 January 2014 11:18
CIA helped Colombia hunt and kill FARC leaders: report A secret CIA program helped Colombia kill at least two dozen leftist FARC guerrilla leaders, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
23 December 2013 10:37
Assad win may be Syria's best option: ex-CIA chief The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad's regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Thursday.
14 December 2013 14:19
CIA spying on Americans' financial data: report The Central Intelligence Agency is amassing a huge database of international money transfers that includes the financial and personal data of millions of Americans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
15 November 2013 18:09
Ex-FBI agent gets 11 years for security leaks, child porn A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for disclosing confidential national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.
15 November 2013 10:58
Guantanamo prisoner's secret diaries leaked Al Jazeera America published Thursday part of the secret personal diaries of one of Guantanamo's most high-profile prisoners, with records of meetings with Al-Qaeda's chieftains.
08 November 2013 13:16
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