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Archives: Central Intelligence Agency

WikiLeaks Vault 7 reveals staggering breadth of ‘CIA hacking’

David Glance | (The Conversation) | - - WikiLeaks today released what it claims is the largest leak of intelligence documents in history. It contains 8,761 documents from the CIA detailing some…

All the President’s Deniers

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - This week, we've seen a parade of Donald J. Trump's far-right cabinet appointees attempting to tone themselves down (with help from pliant GOP…

Top 4 Ways Bush even more Outrageously Dissed the Intelligence Community

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Philip Mudd, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency counter-terrorist center and FBI National Security Branch, has been on CNN maintaining that…

The last Time we had a President who skipped Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

The last Time we had a President bored by Intel Briefings, we got 9/11

By Ronald Stockton | (Informed Comment) | - - Former CIA head and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta recently said that if President Elect Trump refuses intelligence briefings and something bad happens,…

Those times the US meddled in other People’s Elections

TeleSur | - - U.S. concern over alleged Russian foul play in this year's election is ironic given decades of Washington's deadly foreign intervention. Revelations surfaced on Friday that a leaked document…

The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of the people, by the people, and for…

Will Trump Bring in a New Era of Surveillance and Torture?

TeleSur | - - Trump's picks for important security positions look intent on rolling back civil liberties. While there are many questions about what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will change once he…

US: Trump’s Justice, CIA Picks Threaten Rights

Human Rights Watch | - - (Washington) – President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as United States attorney general reinforces fears that Trump’s administration will threaten human rights protections,…

CIA Arms For Syria Sold by Jordan Spies on Black Market For Terrorists

Jo Ankier, Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) | - - "Weapons sent by the CIA to Jordan for Syrian rebels were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms…

Snowden on Torture Report: “When the CIA destroys s.th., it’s never a Mistake”

TeleSur | -- After the CIA inspector general admitted it destroyed a 6,700 page report on torture, the famed whistleblower said the CIA does not destroy by "accident." Edward Snowden commented this…

Not al-Qaeda: Abu Zubayda as Bush’s Mengele Experiment

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Intro: Rebecca Gordon catches the nightmarish quality of those [Bush] years, now largely buried, in the grim case of a single mistreated human…

Despite Syria Cease Fire, Belligerents Plot military Victory

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Despite the announcement at Munich of a cessation of hostilities in Syria, to be implemented in the next week or so, all the…

The Great War of Our Time: Book Review

Book Review By Brian Glyn Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - Michael Morell. The Great War of our Time. The CIA’s Fight Against Terrorism, from Al Qa’ida to ISIS. New York;…

Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New York Times story about “senior commanders” at…

Obama as Grandmaster of Grand Strategy: Containing China

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle geopolitical strategy that, if successful, might give…

The Unbearable Heaviness of the Drone Cowboy

By Pratap Chatterjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The myth of the lone drone warrior is now well established and threatens to become as enduring as that of the lone lawman with…

Why the so-called USA PATRIOT Act can’t actually Keep America Safe

by CHARLES KURZMAN for ISLAMiCommentary: Charles Kurzman With the “USA PATRIOT Act” set to expire at the end of the month, you might expect supporters of domestic surveillance to tout the take-down…

Obama Prosecutes another Whistleblower to Senate for “Espionage”

By John Kiriakou | (Foreign Policy in Focus) Jeffrey Sterling learned the hard way that the feds will throw the book at anyone who embarrasses them. Jeffrey Sterling recently stood before a…

The National Security State gets Real: 9 Ways the US is becoming Bizarro World

By Tomd Engledhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - It’s commonplace to speak of “the fog of war,” of what can’t be known in the midst of battle, of the inability of both generals…

Did Jeb Bush just commit a War Crime in Justifying the Iraq War?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | -- Jeb Bush's people are trying to walk back his disastrous interview with Megyn Kelly in which he said that even if he knew then…