CIA

Mock house, CIA source and Special Forces: The US operation to capture Maduro

At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas…

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How the CIA director helps the US navigate a world of spies, threats and geopolitical turbulence

By Matthew Clary, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Auburn University Today, the United States is navigating an increasingly unsettled world. The positions advising the president on national security are as…

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Iran warns Israel against any attack, threatens stronger retaliation

Iran's foreign minister warned Israel against launching an attack, saying on Tuesday any strike on Iranian infrastructure would be met with a stronger retaliation.Iran attacked Israel last week with a…

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Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China

By Joel Schectman, Christopher Bing WASHINGTON, March 14 - Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media…

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CIA director called Kremlin to assure US had no role in aborted mutiny

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week's aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no…

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CIA future will be defined by US technology race with China

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s future will be defined by America's ongoing technology race with China, agency director William Burns said on Wednesday during a Senate hearing.…

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CIA chief warns against underestimating Xi’s ambitions toward Taiwan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said that Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the…

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CIA Director Burns recently traveled to Ukraine to meet Zelenskiy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns recently traveled in secret to Ukraine's capital to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a U.S. official told Reuters. "Director Burns traveled to Kyiv, where…

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CIA chief makes rare visit to Libya

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief William Burns made a rare trip to Libya on Thursday, meeting Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli, the Libyan government said.…

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Spiegel reports CIA warned Berlin about possible attacks on gas pipelines in summer

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had weeks ago warned Germany about possible attacks on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, German magazine Spiegel said, after gas…

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CIA director estimates 15,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war

The United States estimates that Russian casualties in Ukraine so far have reached around 15,000 killed and perhaps 45,000 wounded, CIA Director William Burns said, adding that Ukraine has also…

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CIA operative who helped inspire lead character in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ talks with Reuters in first-ever interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard…

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The CIA warns U.S. cannot ‘take lightly’ threat Russia could use nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen a lot of practical evidence reinforcing…

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33 years since Pan Am Boeing 747 explosion over Lockerbie

About 7:00 PM on December 21 in 1988, Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 en route to New York City from London, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane had…

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CIA forms new mission to address challenges from China

The Central Intelligence Agency said on Thursday it has created a new group to focus solely on China and the national security challenges it poses, calling it the most important…

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CIA believes China tried to stop WHO declaring public emergency as it hoarded medical supplies

Newsweek reports that the CIA believes China tried to prevent the World Health Organization from sounding the alarm on the coronavirus outbreak in January—a time when Beijing was stockpiling…

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Switzerland investigating CIA controlled global encryption company

The Swiss government has ordered an inquiry into a global encryption company based in Zug following revelations it was owned and controlled for decades by US and German intelligence. Encryption…

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31 years since Pan Am Boeing 747 explosion over Lockerbie

About 7:00 PM on December 21 in 1988, Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 en route to New York City from London, exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane had…

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Iran says breaks up CIA spy ring

Iran has captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported on Monday. State television quoted the Intelligence…

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Iran President vows country will not wage war against USA

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed Tuesday that his country would not "wage war against any nation" as the Trump administration orders another 1,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East to…

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European intelligence sought advice from South America’s 70s dictatorships to combat leftwing subversion – CIA document

British, West German and French intelligence agencies sought advice from South America’s bloody 1970s dictatorships on how to combat leftwing “subversion”, according to a newly declassified CIA document. The European…

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Morning Briefing – 1st June ’18

Good morning, Unfortunately today’s morning briefing starts on a sad note as all media portals in Malta report the news of a male cyclist who was killed after he was…

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European Court of Human Rights concludes that Lithuania and Romania violated the European ban on torture

The European Court of Human Rights said on Thursday it had concluded that Lithuania and Romania hosted a CIA detention centres and allowed for Tortures. Lithuania hosted this prison from…

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Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA director

On Thursday, the US senate confirmed Gina Haspel as the first female CIA director, even though there were deep reservations among some lawmakers that her past involvement in the harsh…

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