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The U.S. government wants to wait until next week to give the American Civil Liberties Union a 5-year old internal CIA report that criticizes its harsh interrogation program.
President Barack Obama says he wants a U.S. foreign policy that looks forward, not backward. Especially if it includes talking about the CIA's role in Latin and South America.
The Supreme Court will not revive a lawsuit that former CIA operative Valerie Plame brought against former members of the Bush administration.
The Obama administration is delaying by a week its release of an internal CIA report on the agency's Bush-era secret detention and interrogation program.
A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to allow a Boeing Co. subsidiary to be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons overseas to be tortured.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. government Thursday to try to prove there is a close link between the White House under President George W. Bush and a program of rough interrogation techniques used against suspected terrorists.
The CIA believes Osama bin Laden is still in Pakistan, and the spy agency is hoping to close in on him as that country's military cracks down on the northwestern tribal area where he is thought to be hiding. CIA Director Leon Panetta told reporters after a speech on Capitol Hill Thursday that finding bin Laden remains one of the CIA's top priorities.
CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency's terror interrogations would gravely damage national security.
The CIA revealed the identity of a clandestine officer killed six years ago and dedicated the 90th star on its memorial wall.
The CIA is undertaking a five-year plan to boost the agency's fluency in foreign languages, Director Leon Panetta said Friday.
The former head of Italy's military intelligence told a court Wednesday he had no role in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect — allegedly as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program — but claimed he cannot prove his innocence because the evidence is classified.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her at a secret 2002 briefing on the use of harsh interrogations in the war on terror.
The trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of orchestrating a CIA-led kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric will proceed despite an Italian Supreme Court ruling that barred key evidence as classifed, a judge ruled Wednesday.
New questions surfaced Wednesday about the accuracy of a CIA document meant to settle who in Congress knew about severe interrogation methods approved by the Bush administration.
CIA Director Leon Panetta says agency records show CIA officers briefed lawmakers truthfully in 2002 on methods of interrogating terrorism suspects, but it is up to Congress to reach its own conclusions about what happened.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
Senate Democratic leaders don't appear inclined to appoint an independent panel to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation program before the Senate Intelligence Committee completes its own probe near the end of the year.
A new document indicates the CIA first proposed waterboarding alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to top Bush administration officials in mid-May 2002, three months before the Justice Department approved the interrogation technique in a secret legal opinion.
A judge will decide next month whether to continue with the politically sensitive trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect after the high court threw out key evidence deemed classified.
Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.
A former No. 2 State Department official in the Bush administration says he hopes he would have had the courage to resign if he had known the CIA was subjecting terrorism suspects to waterboarding, an interrogation technique that simulates drowning.
The CIA has stopped using contractors to interrogate prisoners and fired private security guards at the CIA's now-shuttered secret overseas prisons, agency Director Leon Panetta said Thursday.
A judge has given the CIA a month to begin releasing documents related to the destruction of videotapes of detainee interrogations.
U.S. leftists confused over Iran uprisingIran situation has left the political left in the United States confused as it is unsure how to say no to American intervention in affairs of sovereign nations, but still support the ending of the 30-year-old theocracy. Some are even blaming the CIA.
CIA: Waterboarding Used 266 Times on Two Suspects C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported.
John Rizzo: The most influential career lawyer in CIA history is ResigningWhen he retires this summer, Rizzo will go out as the most influential career lawyer in CIA history, having risen to the top of the agency's legal ranks while leaving his mark on classified programs from proxy wars in Central America to Predator strikes in Pakistan.
The CIA **CRUCIFIED** A Prisoner At Abu Ghraib. No criminal charges have ever been brought against any C.I.A. officer involved in the torture program, despite the fact that at least three prisoners interrogated by agency personnel died as the result of mistreatment. In the first case, an unnamed detainee under C.I.A.
Whores on Terror: Never mind the waterboarding, what about the sodomy?Waterboarding. It's all we seem to discuss when comes to American torture. Whenever you see people discussing "enhanced interrogation" on your TV, chances are they'll be throwing around the same tired arguments, all revoling around waterboarding.
CIA Crucified captive in Abu Ghraib PrisonThe Central Intelligence Agency crucified a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, according to a report published in The New Yorker magazine.
From Mossadegh to Ahmadinejad: The CIA and the Iranian experimentIn March 2000, the Secretary of State Madeleine Albright admitted that the Eisenhower administration organized a regime change in 1953 in Iran and that this historical event explained the current hostility of Iranians towards the United States.
The world scenario has been changed after Russian disintegration. The Uni-polar system emerged and US started enjoying the status of supreme power of the world.
Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest During Iran's Election?Following the announcement of victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi in Iran's presidential election on June 12, the country erupted in turmoil as supporters of Mousavi flocked to the streets to protest what they claimed was a fraudulent elec …
Iranian Envoy: CIA Involved in Neda's shooting?Iran's ambassador to Mexico stated on June 25 that Neda may have been killed by "the CIA or another intelligence service."
Destabilization 2.0 Soros, the CIA, Mossad and the new media destabilization of IranNow we arrive at Destabilization 2.0, really not much more than a slight tweak of Destabilization 1.2. The only thing different is that now Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media are being employed to amplify the effect of (and the impression of) internal protests.
Lashkars vs TalibanRecently, by raising their own traditional militias, called Lashkar, on June 7 this year, hundreds of tribesmen in Upper Dir laid siege and killed 14 Taliban in reaction to a mosque blast which killed 40 individuals on June 5 during Friday prayers.
Going for the killAs General Kayani flew over Waziristan in the rear seat of an F-16 high performance fighter interceptor during visit to a PAF operational base few days ago, he did create a record for being the first army chief to have ever flown in a fighter aircraft donning the pilot's special …
No Obama apology for CIA in Latin AmericaUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday declined to apologize for a past CIA interventions and alleged coup attempts in Latin America, after talks with Chilean leader Michele Bachelet.
Operation Praline: The Realization of Al-Suri's Nizam, la Tanzim?Abu Musab al-Suri, also known as Mustafa Sethmariam Nasar, is currently being held in American custody in an unspecified location. Since he was arrested in Quetta, Pakistan in late October 2005[3] and was handed over into American custody he has dropped off the grid.
Revelations made by Peter Chamberlin should awaken usThe army enters the scene to tackle a serious law and order or security problem when all other options fail to deliver.
Are the Iranian Election Protests Another U.S. Orchestrated "Color Revolution"? A number of commentators have expressed their idealistic belief in the purity of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Ayatollah Montazeri, and the Westernized youth of Tehran. The CIA destabilization plan, announced two years ago (see below), has somehow not contaminated unfolding events.
Where IS this money?` "... Abu Seger was also one of Saddam's trusted counter-intelligence agents . . . After Samara was occupied by US forces, it was discovered that Abu Seger lived in a home on the Tigris River just 200 yards from the main U.S. military position in the city.
Taliban: a 'Frankenstein' created in US-USSR tussleNone has got the confidence to say something with a bit of certainty about the 'mysterious movement' known as Talibanisation. But there are different stories which are linked to its wellspring.
Israeli & Indian Worries over Obam's Shift US President Barack Obama recently carried out visit of various Arab countries and tried to restore American image in the eyes of public by speaking against the Bush Policies towards Iran and Iraq. His major focus during the visit remained towards Palestine, Israel, Iraq and Iran.
Links between CIA, McCain, Iran Uprising, Afghanistan War, and Lockheed-Martin Stocks This article points out the the U.S.
Top US analyst: Iranian Election Protests Another US CIA Orchestrated 'Color Revolution'?Top US writer, economist, academic and editor Dr Paul Craig Roberts analyzes evidence for US CIA ops in Iran e.g. credible reports that the CIA has been working for two years to destabilize the Iranian government.
The Associated Press: Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak caseWASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI's interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative. U.S.
Bishop tries, fails to launch a probe into Pelosi's claims about alleged CIA lies - Salt Lake TribuneWhy is it that we can't seem to get any straight talk from Democrats? Oh yes, this is why....
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