Central Intelligence Agency
US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul (R) leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, May 15, 2013, after being summoned to explain the presence of an alleged CIA agent working undercover at the embassy who was detained this week. The ministry had summoned McFaul for an explanation after slamming Washington for what it described as 'provocative acts in the spirit of the Cold War'.
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Multiple studies since the end of the Cold War document these deficiencies, and they led … to [the] recommend[ation of] transferring to the Central Intelligence Agency all responsibilities for the clandestine recruitment of human sources.
I would like the CIA. to know they can start delivering money to the carpet shop my family owns any day this week. But, please, no plastic bags. Kabul is choked with them. The goats eat as many as they can, but still the Kabul River is filled with them, waiting to be washed down to Pakistan, where they have enough problems of their own.
that the Central Intelligence Agency failed to show that releasing images of bin Laden's body — specifically those showing it cleaned and prepared for burial — would harm national security or reveal classified intelligence strategiesMore quotes »
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying
state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return of money, and Kourosh Read more »
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Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points
intense back-and-forth among Obama administration officials. "Frankly, I'd just as soon not use this, then."A senior U.S. intelligence official told reporters Wednesday that Morell made the changes to the talking points because of his own concerns that they Read more »
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Russia says alleged spying case was 2nd this year
Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell declined to comment.The purported FSB agent said that in the January case his agency had decided not to publicize the expulsion, unlike the Fogle case, which has been top news in the Russian media for two days. He said Read more »
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Attorney General defends Justice Department's secret probe of AP phone records
February, CIA Director John Brennan provided a less-than-ominous description of the plot in testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee . He told the panel that "there was never a threat to the American public as we had said so publicly, because we had Read more »
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Rusia detiene a diplomatico EEUU por espionaje
(AP) -- Los servicios secretos rusos dijeron que detuvieron a un diplomatico estadounidense del que aseguran es un agente de la CIA que capturaron in fraganti mientras intentaba reclutar a un agente ruso.El FSB ruso dijo en un comunicado el martes que Ryan Read more »
Around the web
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‘Terror drones mostly kill civilians’
On Tuesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) published a report entitled “Drones: Myths and Reality in Pakistan” that says the United States’ refuses to acknowledge that the CIA-led drone campaign “undermines efforts to assess the progra 33 m ago from Press TV Read more »
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Inslee signs undercover license law
responded that "the law is clear." "We're going to follow the law, to the letter," he said. Benfield said Tuesday that his agency is still working with attorneys on determining what qualifies as a law enforcement function. "In coming weeks we'll be working 9:16 PM from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »
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Guantánamos military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in appeal to Hagel
Military lawyers for former CIA captives held at Guantánamo are appealing to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to intervene in what they describe as deteriorating conditions and leadership failures on a scale similar to the Vietnam Wars My Lai Massacre. Hag 7:54 PM from McClatchy Read more »
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US court rules Osama death photos can stay secret
their target's corpse in order to confirm the success of their mission. In a 14 page opinion, the judges wrote that The Central Intelligence Agency had refused to release the photos "on the ground that the images were classified Top Secret. "We affirm because 6:18 PM from Channel News Asia Read more »
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Court: CIA doesn’t have to release photos of dead bin Laden
CIA officials do not have to release images of Osama bin Laden taken after his death at the hands of Navy Seals, a federal court ruled today, citing the likelihood that the images would provoke a terrorist attack. “As one of the judges on this panel sugges 4:25 PM from Washington Examiner Read more »
