CIA chief wants military action against ‘all extremists’
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 20. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
Sajjad Malik
Daily Times
November 20, 2009
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta on Friday urged Pakistan to expand the military operation in the Tribal Areas to target all extremists.
Sources told Daily Times Panetta praised the Pakistan Army’s recent action against terrorists in Swat and South Waziristan. They said the CIA chief encouraged military officials to [...]
Report: CIA had plan to kill al-Qaida
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 13. Jul, 2009 | No Comments
Associated Press
July 13, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that the CIA program concealed from Congress was a secret plan to kill or capture al-Qaida operatives.
Former intelligence officials tell the Journal that the plan, which was ordered halted by agency Director Leon Panetta, was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential finding authorized by President [...]
Recession woes prompt rise in CIA applications
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 30. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Daphne Benoit
AFP
June 30, 2009
Laid-off bankers and anxious students have pushed applications for jobs at the CIA to record highs this year, even though the few jobs available at the agency pay much less than the private sector.
“So far this year we received 90,000 resumes and if we stay at that level we will probably get [...]
CIA to blame, says Chavez
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 29. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Sydney Morning Herald
June 29, 2009
WASHINGTON: Nations as ideologically disparate as the US and Venezuela quickly united to condemn the coup in Honduras.
The Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez, said the CIA was behind the coup.
The US President, Barack Obama, and the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, condemned it.
“I am deeply concerned by reports coming out of Honduras [...]
Congress to CIA: Review Gulf War illness info
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 24. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
Kelly Kennedy
Air Force Times
June 24, 2009
After a former CIA employee told a team created to investigate Gulf War illness that 1.5 million documents exist detailing poisonous gas exposures during Operation Desert Storm, Congress is asking the CIA to review the secret classifications of those documents.
“Ill Desert Storm veterans have been waiting for years for our [...]
Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case
Posted by Xander in Headlines on 19. Jun, 2009 | No Comments
NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press
June 19, 2009
A federal judge said Thursday that he wants to look at notes from the FBI’s interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan’s decision to review the documents followed arguments by Obama administration lawyers that sounded [...]