Topic: CIA

US spy chiefs: China is 'unparalleled priority'

US spy chiefs: China is 'unparalleled priority'

Patricia Zengerle, Mark Hosenball and Daphne Psaledakis, Reuters
Posted at Apr 15 04:15 AM

A US national intelligence official described China as increasingly "a near-peer competitor challenging the United States in multiple arenas."   Read more »

Biden intelligence pick favors 'aggressive' stance on China threat

Biden intelligence pick favors 'aggressive' stance on China threat

Mark Hosenball and Arshad Mohammed, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 05:47 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States should take an "aggressive stance" toward the threat posed by the aggressive and assertive China that it faces today, Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden's choice for the top US intelligence job, said on Tuesday. Read more »

Ex-CIA officer is accused of spying for China

Ex-CIA officer is accused of spying for China

Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 18 09:39 PM

WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer was charged with giving classified information to the Chinese government, the Justice Department announced Monday, the latest in a string of former intelligence officers accused of spying for Beijing. Read more »

In Afghanistan, a rarely seen anti-tank weapon destroys a helicopter

In Afghanistan, a rarely seen anti-tank weapon destroys a helicopter

Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Mujib Mashal, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 31 05:26 PM

An Afghan helicopter was attacked in the country’s south this week by what U.S. and Afghan officials say was a missile rarely seen in the hands of the Taliban, raising new concerns for a beleaguered Afghan military and questions about who supplied the weapon.   Read more »

CIA hunts for authentic virus totals in China, dismissing government tallies

CIA hunts for authentic virus totals in China, dismissing government tallies

Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 03 07:13 AM

WASHINGTON — The CIA has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections and that its count could not be relied upon as the United States compiles predictive models to fight the virus, according to current and former intelligence officials. Read more »

Life of a CIA coder: Nerf guns, pranks and fat jokes

Life of a CIA coder: Nerf guns, pranks and fat jokes

Nicole Hong, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 18 08:21 AM

From their cubicles, the CIA programmers sent prank emails, taunted colleagues about their physical appearance and shot each other with Nerf guns and rubber bands, according to trial testimony.  Read more »

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 »

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