CIA
Trump picks former top US spy John Ratcliffe to lead CIA
Ratcliffe served as the nation's top spy from late May 2020 until Trump left office in January 2021.
Red Sea Geopolitics / The colour of war?
Today’s Red Sea skirmishes raise multifaceted concerns, which range from the war in Gaza widening and awakening old wounds, to geopolitical frontlines being rewritten by shifting chokepoints.
CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: US officials
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, US intelligence and law enforcement officials say.
Why Turkey is so important
According to WikiLeaks, soon after Bashar Assad rejected the Qatar pipeline, the CIA began funding opposition groups in Syria…. intelligence documents, published by WikiLeaks, show that by 2012”, some US allies “were arming, training and funding radical Jihadist Sunni fighters from Syria, Iraq and elsewhere to overthrow the Assad's Shia allied regime.
Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri 'executed'
An Iranian nuclear scientist detained since 2010 has been executed, his family has told the BBC.
CIA chief Brennan: Secret US report on 9/11 'will absolve Saudi'
The probable publication of classified parts of a 2002 congressional report into the 9/11 attacks will clear Saudi Arabia of any responsibility, CIA chief John Brennan says.
CIA tip-off led to 1962 Nelson Mandela arrest
Nelson Mandela's arrest in 1962 was a result of a tip-off from an agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a report says.
Teen hacks American spy chief Clapper
U.S. spy chief James Clapper's personal online accounts have been hacked, his office confirmed, a few months after CIA director John Brennan suffered a similar attack.
US: Iran to be invited to Syria talks
The United States announces that Iran may take part in talks to end the civil war in Syria and warned of increased military action against the Islamic State.
'Bourne 5' will take place in 'post-Snowden world'
The NSA whistle-blowing revelations from Edward Snowden to play a crucial role in actor Matt Damon’s next Bourne movie.
What’s on Laden’s bookshelf revealed
Laden was fixated on attacking US targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause,according to documents the US says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan.
German spy agency 'helped US find bin Laden': report
Germany's foreign intelligence agency helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan where US special forces killed the al-Qaeda leader, according to a German news report.