After Brussels, spies debate security risks of BrexitThe 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
CIA chief 'outraged' by personal email hackCIA 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
WikiLeaks publishes CIA chief's emailsAnti-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
Key quotes from CIA chief on torture reportCIA chief John Brennan acknowledged some of the US intelligence agency's interrogators went too far in their treatment of detaineesю
12 December 2014
Germany kicks out top US intelligence officer in spy rowGermany 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
White House adopts new rules after CIA station chief outedThe 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
CIA joins Twitter, FacebookThe secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.
07 June 2014
Snowden says he wants to return to USFugitive 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
Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in fullThe 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
CIA under investigation for monitoring Senate: lawmakerThe CIA's internal watchdog is investigating allegations that the agency improperly spied on Senate staffers probing secret details of a now-defunct interrogation program.
Obama to unveil NSA reforms, response to SnowdenPresident 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
Obama defends Afghan strategy after Gates commentsBarack 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
Obama didn't believe his own war strategy: GatesFormer 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.
Assad win may be Syria's best option: ex-CIA chiefThe 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
CIA spying on Americans' financial data: reportThe 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
Ex-FBI agent gets 11 years for security leaks, child pornA 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
Guantanamo prisoner's secret diaries leakedAl 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.