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Northern Virginia officials worry CIA facility may scuttle bid to land FBI headquarters
Northern Virginia officials worry clandestine CIA site could block effort to lure FBI headquarters. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
CIA nabs Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, brings him to U.S. for questioning
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law is in U.S. custody after having been seized by in Jordan. Original post on washingtontimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Iran calls Oscar for ‘Argo,’ awarded by Michelle Obama, an ad for CIA
Iran has dismissed the awarding of an Oscar to the film Original post on globalpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Nominee for CIA chief says casualties from drone strikes should be public
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s pick for CIA director, John Brennan, promised senators who will vote on his nomination more openness about U.S. counter-terrorism programs, saying the closely Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Exclusive: Inside A Secret CIA Prison In The Polish Countryside – All News Is Global
Exclusive: Inside A Secret CIA Prison In The Polish Countryside | Worldcrunch – Great stories from the world’s best news sources Original post on worldcrunch.com Comments on reddit.com
CIA officer is jailed for leaking details on torture
A FORMER CIA officer has been sentenced on Friday to 30 months’ jail for disclosing classified information to journalists in a case that underscored the Obama administration’s harsh crackdown on national security leaks. Original post on smh.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Insight – Poland’s investigation into secret CIA prisons loses steam
WARSAW (Reuters) – Lawyers for two men who say they were held illegally in a secret CIA jail on Polish territory argue that a landmark criminal investigation into the black site is being stalled because Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
The Only CIA Officer Scheduled to Go to Jail Over Torture Never Tortured Anybody
Reporter for the New York Times, Scott Shane, wrote a feature story on the case of former CIA agent John Kiriakou, who is the first from the agency to face Original post on firedoglake.com Comments on reddit.com
Beaten and sodomized: European human rights court finds CIA guilty of torture
The European Court of Human Rights found the CIA guilty of torturing a terror suspect for the first time ever. A German citizen was illegally detained, tortured and sodomized by a CIA “rendition team’ after being mistaken for an al-Qaeda member. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
CIA ‘tortured and sodomised’ terror suspect, human rights court rules – Law
Landmark European court of human rights judgment says CIA tortured wrongly detained German citizen Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Benghazi, Not Petraeus Affair, Is Focus at Hearings
David H. Petraeus the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said hat classified intelligence reports revealed that the assault on the American diplomatic mission in Libya was a terrorist attack, but that the administration refrained from saying it suspected that the perpetrators of the attack were linked to Al Qaeda to avoid tipping off the groups. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The Republican Petraeus Obsession is All About Impeaching Obama
Republicans have quickly shifted from licking their election defeat wounds to try to tie David Petraeus’ affair to Benghazi in order to impeach President Obama. Original post on politicususa.com Comments on reddit.com
Mexico charges 14 cops for ambush of CIA agents’ SUV
The Mexican government on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with trying to kill two CIA agents during an August ambush of their armored U.S. Embassy vehicle. Original post on usatoday.com Comments on reddit.com
Gunmen kill polio vaccinator in Pakistan
UNKNOWN gunmen have killed a polio vaccinator in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, highlighting resistance to the country’s immunisation campaign, officials say. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Dana Milbank: Letting us in on a secret
Wednesday’s Libya hearing accidentally blew the CIA’s cover. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Italy Court Upholds American Convictions
Italy’s highest criminal court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of 23 Americans in the abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program, paving the way to possible extradition requests by Italian authorities. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
US: Torture and Rendition to Gaddafi’s Libya – Human Rights Watch
(Washington) – The United States government during the Bush administration tortured opponents of Muammar Gaddafi, then transferred them to mistreatment in Libya, according to accounts by former detainees and recently uncovered CIA and UK Secret Service documents, Human R Original post on hrw.org Comments on reddit.com
Obama’s justice department grants final immunity to Bush’s CIA torturers – Glenn Greenwald – Comment is free
Glenn Greenwald: By closing two cases of detainees tortured to death, Obama has put the US beyond any accountability under the rule of law Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Abd Al-Rahim Al-Nashiri: The Torture Victim the US Is Desperate to Gag – Andy Worthington
Mexican official: CIA ‘manages’ drug trade – Features – Al Jazeera English
Spokesman for Chihuahua state says US agencies don’t want to end drug trade, a claim denied by other Mexican officials. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Revealed: CIA secretly operates on Syrian border, supplies arms to rebels – RT
American secret service operatives are distributing illegal assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers and other ammunition to Syrian opposition, the New York Times reports. But due to some rebels’ links to Al Qaeda, the CIA’s task is precarious. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
New NSA docs contradict 9/11 claims – 9/11 – Salon.com
“I don’t think the Bush administration would want to see these released, Original post on salon.com Comments on digg.com
The CIA’s secret push to keep Bush-era torture rules – Barack Obama – Salon.com
Exclusive: Before Obama took office, the CIA ran a stunning pressure campaign to retain Bush’s detention policies Original post on salon.com Comments on digg.com
BBC News – US rendition ‘torture’ case heard
A German man who alleges he was subjected to Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
CIA secret prison in Poland: Leaders break their silence
Two prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah, said they had been held in a prison in Poland and have been given Original post on globalpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Privacy and Security Fanatic: CIA wants to spy on you through your appliances
Smart appliances and devices connected to the web, the coming Internet of Things, will be like Americans planted bugging devices in their homes. The CIA is looking forward to such an opportunity for mass monitoring. In the not-too-distant future, household appliances and web-connected devices will offer the government unfettered access to spy on citizens. Original post on networkworld.com Comments on digg.com
AP Sources: CIA-led force may speed Afghan exit – Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Top Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year’s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, sources told The Associated Press. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on digg.com
Claire Danes: getting under the skin of Homeland’s troubled CIA agent – Television & radio – The Observer
The former child star has faced repeated challenges playing Carrie Mathison in Channel 4′s hit US drama series Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Former CIA officer accused of terror leaks – CBS News
Former CIA officer accused of terror leaks Original post on cbsnews.com Comments on digg.com Other cbsnews.com posts Other posts in News