Topic: CIA

Saudi king hosts CIA chief for talks

Saudi king hosts CIA chief for talks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 11:53 PM

Saudi Arabia's King Salman hosted the Central Intelligence Agency's director Thursday, state media said, after three people were charged in the US with spying on Twitter users critical of the royal family. Read more »

Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA

Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA

Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 05:37 PM

Iranian courts have sentenced one person to death for spying for the CIA and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as well as imprisoning a fourth person for 10 years for spying for Britain, the judiciary said on Tuesday. Read more »

North Korean leader's brother was CIA informant, book claims

North Korean leader's brother was CIA informant, book claims

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 05:25 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Kim Jong Un's estranged half-brother was an "informant" for the US Central Intelligence Agency before his assassination in 2017, according to a new biography of the North Korean leader published Tuesday. Read more »

Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism

Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 10:48 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is defending his unprecedented decision to give his Justice Department chief unfettered access to the country's deepest foreign intelligence secrets amid an outcry from the spy community and a veiled warning from the US intelligence czar. Read more »

CIA agent Tony Mendez, hero of film 'Argo', dead at 78

CIA agent Tony Mendez, hero of film 'Argo', dead at 78

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 08:08 AM

WASHINGTON - Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who engineered a creative way to smuggle US hostages out of Iran in 1980 and was immortalized in the Hollywood film "Argo," died of complications from Parkinson's Disease, his family said. He was 78.  Read more »

US to make final conclusions on Saudi killing in days: Trump

US to make final conclusions on Saudi killing in days: Trump

Olivia Hampton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 18 11:01 AM

The United States will make final conclusions by early next week over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said Saturday, following reports that the CIA had held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible.  Read more »

No threat on Duterte's life, Palace insists

No threat on Duterte's life, Palace insists

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 03:21 PM

MANILA - There is no threat on President Rodrigo Duterte’s life, the Palace stressed Friday, as the chief executive revived his allegations that the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency was out to kill him.   Read more »

Duterte: CIA could be listening to my conversations

Duterte: CIA could be listening to my conversations

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 21 08:21 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) could be listening to his phone conversations, as he revived his allegations that the agency was out to kill him.   Read more »

Trump revokes ex-CIA chief's security clearance, slamming critic

Trump revokes ex-CIA chief's security clearance, slamming critic

Steve Holland and Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Aug 16 07:56 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump moved to penalize a sharp critic on Wednesday, revoking the security clearance of Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan for making what he called "a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations" about his administration. Read more »

Trump attacks ex-CIA chief over 'hit job' Russia probe

Trump attacks ex-CIA chief over 'hit job' Russia probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 08:16 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump attacked the probe into possible collusion between his campaign and Russia as a "political hit job" on Monday, as a part of a mounting White House effort to paint the probe as politically motivated. Read more »

First woman CIA director sworn in

First woman CIA director sworn in

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 05:46 AM

Haspel was confirmed by the Senate last week in a 54-45 vote, despite the deep reservations of some lawmakers about her past involvement in the torture of terror suspects in the post-9/11 era. Read more »

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