CIA’s secret prison: ‘Poland dragging out investigation’
A Polish investigation into secret CIA jails is being suppressed because it will embarrass the top echelon of the country’s government, lawyers of two men held illegally in one of […]
Secret Double Standard
By TED GUP THE NEW YORK TIMES IN the last week, the American public has been reminded of the Central Intelligence Agency’s contradictory attitude toward secrecy. In a critique of “Zero Dark Thirty,” published last Thursday in The Washington Post, a former deputy director of the C.I.A., Jose A. Rodriguez […]
Petraeus: a warriors star tarnished
Story Summary by David Ignatius, The Daily Star, Lebanon Petraeus may have seemed larger than life in uniform, but beneath the ribbons he was a very human story. Petraeus’ 14-month tenure as CIA director was short and, compared to his rocket-like ascent to a four-star rank in the Army, something […]
Libyan witnesses recount organized Benghazi attack
Story Summary The witness accounts gathered by The Associated Press give a from-the-ground perspective for the sharply partisan debate in the U.S. over the attack that left U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead. Within 24 hours of the attack, both the embassy in Tripoli and the CIA […]
Defected Syria general Tlass says French agents got him out AFP
PARIS: Defected Syrian general Manaf Tlass said Monday that French secret agents helped him escape from Syria, where he had long been a member of President Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle. “The French (intelligence) services helped me get out of Syria and I thank them for that,” Tlass, whose July 6 […]
CIA secret army seeks destruction of Syria: American author
An American author and historian says the secret army of the CIA has a goal of destroying the Syrian state, Press TV reports. “It’s a secret army of the CIA if you will and the goal… is to destroy the Syrian state,” said Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley in an interview […]
Obama’s secret order allows broad support for Syria militants
US President Barack Obama has reportedly signed a secret order, authorizing more support for rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government. The decree broadly permits the CIA and other US agencies to aid militants in Syria against the country’s army, Reuters quoted informed sources as saying on Wednesday. The […]
The CIA crossed a red line to find Osama bin Laden
By David Ignatius The Daily Star, Lebanon As an intelligence operation, it must have seemed like pure genius: recruit a Pakistani doctor to collect blood samples that could identify Osama bin Laden’s family, under cover of an ongoing vaccination program. But as an ethical matter, it was something else. The […]
Leon Panetta Calls Pakistan Doctor’s Treason Sentence ‘Disturbing
Source: ABC Author: Jake Tapper Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said it was “disturbing” and “difficult to understand” Pakistan’s 33-year prison sentence for a doctor who aided the United States in […]
Bin Laden informant: Dr Shakil Afridi sentenced to 33 years
Express Tribune: Dr Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who helped the CIA uncover Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts, was sentenced to 33 years for treason, officials confirmed. According to sources, Afridi […]
In America, TV watches you: CIA to spy on people through household items
Russian TV: With a growing number of ‘smart gadgets,’ spying on homes may start to become much easier. In fact, CIA Chief David Petraeus admitted that Americans were effectively bugging […]
An Inside Look At How US Special Forces Got Into Pakistan
Businessinsider.com: With Osama bin Laden dead, al-Qaeda’s capabilities severely diminished, and the United States scaling back operations in Afghanistan, what will President Barack Obama and his successors do with the […]
Space engineer who passed Russia missile secrets on to CIA jailed
Space engineer Vladimir Nesterets, who passed secret missile data from Russia on to the CIA, has been jailed for 13 years. Nesterets confessed he was paid to pass information about […]