Topic: Central Intelligence Agency

The United States expects Yemen to cooperate with more counter-terrorism operations like the one that killed Anwar al-Awlaqi, regardless of the political fate of the country's embattled president, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said."There are a lot of people in the leadership there ...
Court documents from a billing dispute in New York have shed light on the murky world of secret CIA rendition flights that transported terror suspects around the world following the 9/11 attacks.A huge trove of documents filed in a New York appeals ...

Billing dispute reveals CIA rendition flights

A billing dispute in New York has revealed details of secret CIA rendition flights that transported terror suspects around the world following the September 11 attacks, newspapers reported.The Washington Post, one of a handful of media outlets alerted to the public court ...

'One hell of a ride' as CIA chief: Panetta

Outgoing CIA director Leon Panetta said Thursday it had been "one hell of a ride" leading the spy agency and called the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a highlight of his tenure.In a final message to CIA employees titled "arrivederci," ...

CIA drone plan in Yemen faces obstacles

LONDON (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to expand the use of CIA-operated drones against militants in Yemen faces obstacles and will take considerable effort to put into full operation, a U.S. official familiar with the plan said.It "could take months, not ...

CIA to search bin Laden Pakistan compound: report

Pakistan has agreed to permit the CIA to send in a forensic team to search Osama bin Laden's compound, the Washington Post reported Thursday, citing US officials.The CIA team will arrive at the compound in Abbottabad within days to thoroughly search the ...

Obama thanks CIA for helping track down Bin Laden

LANGLEY, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama thanked the country's top spy agency on Friday for helping track down and kill former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and warned remaining members of al Qaeda to watch their backs."Make no mistake. This ...

Obama to thank US agents for bin Laden hunt

US President Barack Obama will visit Central Intelligence Agency headquarters Friday to honor the entire US clandestine community's work in hunting down Osama bin Laden, the White House said.Obama will head to CIA's Langley, Virginia headquarters to thank agents "for the work ...

Obama to visit CIA Friday to thank intel agents

US President Barack Obama will visit the Central Intelligence Agency on Friday to honor the work of agents who helped find an elusive Osama bin Laden, the White House said.Obama will head to CIA's Langley, Virginia headquarters to thank officers "for the ...

Bin Laden informant's treatment key to torture debate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A central figure in the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the debate over harsh interrogation methods was held in secret CIA detention, then sent back to Pakistan and now believed to have returned to the battlefield.U.S. counter-terrorism officials ...
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