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Sabtu, 28 Maret 2015

The Head Of The CIA’s Counter­terrorism Center Has Been "Unceremoniously Reassigned'

Washington Post: CIA official who directed hunt for bin Laden is being removed from post

The head of the CIA’s Counter­terrorism Center, who presided over the agency’s drone campaign and directed the hunt for Osama bin Laden, is being removed from his post, officials said, a watershed moment as the CIA turns its focus to a new generation of extremist threats.

The move, part of a major reorganization under CIA Director John Brennan, ends a nine-year tenure during which the center was transformed into a paramilitary force that employed armed drones to kill thousands of suspected terrorists and militants but also killed an unknown number of civilians.

WNU Editor: Gawker has posted the identity and details of this CIA officer.

More News On The Dismissal Of The Head Of The CIA's Counterterrorism Center

CIA’s ‘Capt. Ahab’ leaves post; Osama bin Laden tracker led counterterrorism center -- Washington Times
Hero CIA officer who led the hunt for Bin Laden and converted to Islam is removed from his post in 'restructure' -- Daily Mail
Muslim Convert Who Helped Find Bin Laden Leaves Top CIA Terror Job -- Daily Caller
CIA mastermind behind bin Laden killing, aka 'Captain Ahab', to be removed from post -- RT
CIA's Notorious Father of Drone Strikes Strategy Removed From Post -- Sputnik

Jumat, 13 Maret 2015

The CIA Has Been Trying For A Decade To Steal Apple's Security Secrets



The Intercept: The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets

RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept.

The security researchers presented their latest tactics and achievements at a secret annual gathering, called the “Jamboree,” where attendees discussed strategies for exploiting security flaws in household and commercial electronics. The conferences have spanned nearly a decade, with the first CIA-sponsored meeting taking place a year before the first iPhone was released.

More News On Reports That The CIA Has Been Trying For A Decade To Steal Apple's Security Secrets

CIA 'tried to crack security of Apple devices' -- The Guardian
CIA spent years hacking iPhone, the Intercept reveals -- Reuters
Is YOUR iPhone being targeted by the CIA? US government tried to hack Apple devices for nearly a decade, claim Snowden papers -- Daily Mail
Report: CIA Has Tried for Years to Break Into Apple Gear -- Wired
CIA Sought To Infiltrate iPhones, iPads By Faking Apple's XCode Software: Snowden -- IBTimes
Revealed: CIA spent a decade trying to hack iPhones, iPads -- The Hill
Apple targeted by CIA spies for years, say new Snowden documents -- The Verge
Apple Products May Have Been Compromised By CIA Mass Surveillance Program -- Tech Crunch
CIA tried to hack into iPhone, iPad for years, say leaked documents -- CNet
Report: CIA tried to crack security on Apple products for almost a decade -- Mashable
Why It's So Hard for the CIA to Hack Your iPhone -- Toms Guide
How the CIA planned to hijack Apple's developer tools -- Endgadget

Sabtu, 07 Maret 2015

CIA Is Being Overhauled

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Larry Downing

New York Times: C.I.A. to Be Overhauled to Fight Modern Threats

LANGLEY, Va. — John O. Brennan, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is planning to reassign thousands of undercover spies and intelligence analysts into new departments as part of a restructuring of the 67-year-old agency, a move he said would make it more successful against modern threats and crises.

Drawing from disparate sources — from the Pentagon to corporate America — Mr. Brennan’s plan would partly abandon the agency’s current structure that keeps spies and analysts separate as they target specific regions or countries. Instead, C.I.A. officers will be assigned to 10 new mission centers focused on terrorism, weapons proliferation, the Middle East and other areas with responsibility for espionage operations, intelligence analysis and covert actions.

More News On The CIA Being Overhauled

CIA chief announces across-the-board agency reorganization with focus on cyber espionage to close intelligence gaps -- AP
CIA plans major reorganization and a focus on digital espionage -- Washington Post
CIA to make sweeping changes, focus more on cyber ops: agency chief -- Reuters
CIA director Brennan orders major overhaul -- BBC
CIA Director to Revamp Agency Structure, Looking for Collaboration -- WSJ
CIA Reorganizes to Speed Analysis, Focus More on Cyber-Es -- Bloomberg
CIA Plans Major Overhaul -- VOA
CIA director orders major shake-up -- The Hill
CIA Director John Brennan Announces Major Shake-Up Of US Spy Agency -- IBTimes
CIA to make sweeping changes, focus on cyber operations -- Detusche Welle
CIA Restructuring Adds New Cyber Focus -- Defense One
The CIA will reorganize to increase its focus on cybersecurity -- The Verge
CIA reshuffle features ‘mission centers’, cyber-warfare to 'cover the entire universe' -- RT
Cyber CSI May Be TV Fiction, But Cyber CIA is Anything But -- Sputnik
We’re All Spies Now: CIA Director Announces Major Restructuring -- The Intercept

Senin, 26 Januari 2015

Ex-CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Convicted In Leaking Secrets To New York Times Reporter James Risen



The Guardian: Former CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter James Risen

* Jury finds Jeffrey Sterling guilty on all nine counts
* Sterling passed secrets to New York Times reporter James Risen

WNU Editor: He is probably going to spend the next few decades in jail .... and gives NSA leaker Edward Snowden a "heads-up" on what may happen to him if he should find himself in an American courtroom. This is a case that has been ongoing for years, and today's conviction will definitely impact those who may want to leak classified information to the media in the future. The above video is from a 60 Minutes report with New York Times reporter James Risen.

More News On Ex-CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Convicted In Leaking Secrets To New York Times Reporter James Risen

Former CIA officer convicted in leak case -- Washington Post
Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking Secrets to Reporter -- NYT/AP
Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking Secrets to Reporter -- NYT

Jumat, 23 Januari 2015

It Looks Like The U.S. Intelligence Community Has An Ally In The New Chairman Of The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee

Senator Richard Burr. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic: The Wrong Senator to Oversee the CIA

Richard Burr now leads the intelligence committee, but he seems more interested in protecting the agency than holding it accountable.

WNU Editor: Critics of the CIA are not happy .... and they are making their sentiments very clear. What's my take .... CIA torture reports, public oversight and investigations on the White house drone/assassination program, how intelligence is gathered, special ops, etc. .... this is all going to be swept under the rug.

Update: This is interesting .... it looks like no-one really cares .... CIA Torture Report Sinks A Little More, As Agencies Don't Bother To Read It (Ali Watkins, Huffington Post).

More News On The New Chairman Of The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee

This is what happens when you put a CIA apologist in charge of CIA oversight -- Ryan Cooper, The Week
CIA torture report architect denounces Republican attempt to claw back copies -- The Guardian
GOP Senator Wants to Make Sure the Full CIA Torture Report Never Sees the Light of Day -- VICE
GOP Plans To Give Explosive Document Back To CIA -- Huffington Post
Senate Plans to Give Back Secret Torture Report Documents to CIA -- Sputnik

The CIA's Top Spy In The 'National Clandestine Service' Is Stepping Down

Larry Downing, Reuters

Shane Harris, Daily Beast: Exclusive: CIA’s Top Spy Steps Down

WNU Editor: Utter chaos and mayhem in the Middle East. Ukraine in flames. The growth of extremist groups in Africa. The continuing war in Afghanistan and elsewhere. I guess he had enough, and retirement looks really good right now.

The secretive head of the agency’s National Clandestine Service is retiring amid reports of infighting over a reorganization of the intelligence service.

More News On The Head Of The CIA's National Clandestine Service Is Stepping Down

CIA’s Spying Chief Plans to Retire -- WSJ
Head of CIA’s Spy Division Calls It Quits -- Newsweek
The CIA's Top Spy Is Stepping Down -- Business Insider

Selasa, 09 Desember 2014

Reactions, Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Release Of The CIA Torture Report



Did Torture Yield Results? Expected Report On CIA Practices Sparks Controversy -- Arthur Bright, CSM

A five-year Senate investigation into the CIA's use of torture and other practices that violate international law has US embassies on alert around the world.

US embassies and military bases abroad are bracing for the expected release today of the Senate's controversial report on the CIA's use of torture during the Bush administration.

The 480-page document reveals the results of Senate investigation into the CIA's use of torture and other techniques that violate international law against prisoners held on terrorism-related charges. Though many details of the Senate's findings will remain classified – the document is a summary of a 6,000-page report that is not being released – the report is expected to conclude that the methods used by the CIA to interrogate prisoners during the post-9/11 years were more extreme than previously admitted and produced no intelligence that could not have been acquired through legal means.

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Reactions, Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Release Of The CIA Torture Report

Reaction to Senate CIA Torture Report -- AP
CIA interrogation report reaction (Live) -- BBC
GOP committee members dispute torture report -- USA Today
Republicans insist CIA methods in report helped capture terrorists -- Reuters
6 ways the U.S. military appears in the CIA interrogation report -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post
First take: Intel oversight not for the faint of heart -- Ray Locker, USA TODAY
Does Torture Work? The C.I.A.’s Claims and What the Committee Found -- Matt Apuzzo, Haeyoun Park and Larry Buchanan, New York Times
Today’s CIA critics once urged the agency to do anything to fight al-Qaeda -- Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., Washington Post
Here’s What Dianne Feinstein Said About the Torture Report -- Maya Rhodan, Time
Behind Torture Report, Feinstein’s Frustration -- Matthew Cooper, Newsweek
Ex-CIA Directors: Interrogations Saved Lives -- WSJ
CIA Interrogation Made America Safer -- Michael Hayden, Telegraph
Once Again, Torture Debate Hinges on a ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ -- Denver Nicks, Time
To deter U.S. from torturing again, those involved should be prosecuted -- Kenneth Roth, Reuters
The 8 biggest lies the CIA told about torture -- Russell Brandom, The Verge
CIA Torture Report: Why It Didn't Help in the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden -- ABC News
CIA Torture Report: Bush Was Kept in the Dark for Years -- Josh Rogin & Eli Lake, Bloomberg
CIA interrogation report: Democrats want to punish America, blame Bush -- K.T. McFarland, FOX News
U.S. Torture Report Just the Start of Justice, Rights Groups Say -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Here Are The Most Horrific Details From The Senate Torture Report -- Huffington Post

Expect The Lawsuits To Start Coming In After The Release Of The U.S. Senate's CIA Torture Report

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein discusses a newly released Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's anti-terrorism tactics, in the U.S. Senate in Washington, Dec. 9, 2014. Reuters

Lawyers Believe Torture Report Will Help Prosecution of CIA Agents in Europe -- Vivienne Walt, Time

The Senate Committee's explicit description of US torture may facilitate legal action

The lawyers of those who’ve spent years in U.S. detention centers like Guantánamo Bay did not expect any surprises in the Senate’s torture report, which described the CIA’s tactics as “brutal”; the prisoners’ lawyers have already heard hours of grim testimony about what their clients endured.

Yet even so, they say, the Senate report could be a breakthrough in cases that have dragged on for years in the U.S. and Europe — and could pave the way for fresh legal action against the CIA’s top officials for permitting torture. “The gaps have been between the CIA agents involved and the higher-ups conducting this policy,” says Wolfgang Kaleck, a lawyer and director of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin, which has brought criminal cases against the U.S. military and CIA agents in Germany, Switzerland, Spain and France. Kaleck says lawyers will now study the Senate report for signs that the coercive tactics were a policy directed from the agency’s top levels, rather than simply the actions of errant employees. “It would hopefully allow us to argue for command responsibility for torture,” he told TIME on Tuesday.

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My Comment: I can hear the claims for compensation right now .... but if the U.S. does not cooperate with Europe's legal institutions .... I have trouble seeing how such a case can move forward.

U.S. MIlitary And Diplomatic Outposts Overseas Prepare For Blow-Back After The Release Of The CIA Torture Report

U.S. Marines prepare to depart Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Oct. 27, 2014. Omar Sobhani—Reuters

2,000 Marines on Alert Ahead of CIA Torture Report -- Time/NBC

Troops in and around the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea prepare to deal with potential threats following the report's release

Around 2,000 U.S. Marines have been placed on alert in preparation for Tuesday’s release of a report on CIA torture against terror suspects. The personnel, who are based in and around the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, were put on alert to deal with potential threats following the release of the report by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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More News On The U.S. Military And Diplomatic Posts Being Put On Alert With The Release of The U.S. Senate's CIA Torture Report

US prepares for security risks from torture report -- AP
U.S. personnel brace for torture backlash worldwide -- USA today
Marines on alert ahead of release of Senate torture report -- CNN
Officials fear torture report could spark violence -- USA Today

U.S. Senate Releases Its CIA Torture Report (Full Coverage)



Senate Torture Report Condemns C.I.A. Interrogation Program -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — A scathing report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday found that the Central Intelligence Agency routinely misled the White House and Congress about the information it obtained from the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects, and that its methods were more brutal than the C.I.A. acknowledged either to Bush administration officials or to the public.

The long-delayed report, which took five years to produce and is based on more than six million internal agency documents, is a sweeping indictment of the C.I.A.'s operation and oversight of a program carried out by agency officials and contractors in secret prisons around the world in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It also provides a macabre accounting of some of the grisliest techniques that the C.I.A. used to torture and imprison terrorism suspects.

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More News On The U.S. Senate Releasing The CIA Torture Report (Full Coverage)

CIA interrogation report: The 20 key findings -- BBC
10 key findings from report on CIA interrogations -- AP
7 key facts about the Senate's CIA torture report -- USA Today
The 8 Most Important Excerpts From the CIA Torture Report -- Bloomberg
CIA mistreated detainees, misrepresented intelligence in interrogations, Senate probe finds -- AP
CIA deceived White House, public over 'brutal' interrogations: report -- Reuters
CIA Misled Bush, Congress on Interrogation Tactics, Report Finds -- Bloomberg
Senate report: CIA misled public on torture -- CNN
CIA Detainees Dragged Naked Down Corridors, Force-Fed Rectally -- Bloomberg
CIA torture report: CBS News coverage -- CBS
Torture Report Reveals CIA's 'Brutal' Interrogation Tactics -- ABC News
US Releases Report on CIA Interrogation Methods -- VOA
Report on CIA details 'brutal' post-9/11 interrogations -- BBC
US Senate report condemns CIA brutality -- Al Jazeera
Senate accuses CIA of torturing prisoners, overstepping legal boundaries -- RT
CIA Torture Methods ‘Far Worse’ Than Presented to Policy Makers: US Senate -- Sputnik
Senate Report: Harsh CIA tactics didn't work -- AP
CIA torture was ineffective, Senate report concludes -- USA Today
Senate Torture Report Shows C.I.A. Infighting Over Interrogation Program -- New York Times
CIA Sought to Sway Public by Leaking Secrets, Senate Report Says -- Bloomberg
Senate Report Disputes C.I.A. Claims on Hunt for Osama bin Laden -- NYT
Psychologists’ Firm Got $81 Million for CIA Work, Report Finds -- Bloomberg
C.I.A. Kept Bush Ill Informed on Interrogation Tactics, Torture Report Says -- New York Times
Obama Says Senate Report Vindicates His Ending of C.I.A. Program -- New York Times
A Timeline of the Interrogation Program -- Time

WNU Editor: The full U.S. Senate CIA Report is here.

Senin, 08 Desember 2014

U.S. Senate Torture Report To Be Released Tuesday. U.S. Beefs Up Security Abroad



Impending CIA Interrogation Report Creates Fear of Violence -- ABC News

U.S. embassies around the world are bracing for a potentially explosive report about to be released that details what the CIA did to terror suspects in the days after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and the fear is that its release could threaten American lives.

The report, due to be released Tuesday by the Senate, is described as shocking in its very graphic descriptions of secret interrogations, including some details that have never been heard before.

All U.S. facilities around the world are being urged to review security and brace for the reaction, with concern particularly high in areas where there are hot spots, in the Middle East and North Africa.

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More News On The U.S. Senate Torture Report To Be Released Tuesday

White House confirms Senate torture report to be released Tuesday -- CBS
White House: CIA report due out Tuesday -- The Hill
US Government Prepares for Impact of Releasing CIA Torture Report -- VOA
White House: precautionary measures taken ahead of torture report -- Reuters
U.S. takes precautionary measures ahead of torture report release -- Chicago Tribune
U.S. military braces for release of CIA interrogation report -- Washington Post
U.S. beefing up security abroad ahead of interrogation report release -- Washington Post
U.S. military overseas on heightened alert in advance of CIA torture report -- UPI
Officials fear torture report could spark violence -- USA Today
Senate torture report ‘could lead to greater risk” at U.S. facilities worldwide, admits White House. -- New York Daily News
Is Waterboarding Torture? CIA Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Report May Fuel Attacks Against US -- IBTimes

Minggu, 07 Desember 2014

Is The CIA Being 'Thrown Under The Bus' Over The 'Torture Report'



CIA Won’t Defend Its One-Time Torturers -- Shane Harris & Tim Mak, Daily Beast

When the long-awaited ‘Torture Report’ finally drops, don’t expect the CIA to stand up for its interrogation programs—or disavow those controversial efforts.

There may have been bourbon punch and festive lights at the CIA’s holiday party Friday night, but a frosty gloom hung in the air.

As everyone in the agency’s Langley, Va., headquarters knew, the long-awaited “torture report” from the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Democrats was set to drop early the next week, perhaps as soon as Monday morning. It seemed a rather awkward time for a party.

The CIA’s response to the report will be muted. The agency will neither defend the so-called rendition, detention, and interrogation programs. Nor will the CIA disavow those controversial efforts entirely. According to current and former officials familiar with the higher-ups’ thinking, CIA Director John Brennan is likely to keep his powder dry and essentially agree to disagree with the agency’s critics. Even though some CIA employees remain convinced that brutal interrogations of suspected terrorists, including waterboarding, produced useful information that helped prevent terrorist attacks, the agency’s leaders will take no position on whether that information could have been obtained through less coercive means.

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My Comment:  The morale at the CIA must be at an all time low.

U.S. Intelligence Fears Blowback If The CIA Torture Report Is Released



Impending CIA Interrogation Report Creates Fear of Violence -- ABC News

U.S. embassies around the world are bracing for a potentially explosive report about to be released that details what the CIA did to terror suspects in the days after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and the fear is that its release could threaten American lives.

The report, due to be released Tuesday by the Senate, is described as shocking in its very graphic descriptions of secret interrogations, including some details that have never been heard before.

All U.S. facilities around the world are being urged to review security and brace for the reaction, with concern particularly high in areas where there are hot spots, in the Middle East and North Africa.

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More News On U.S. Intelligence Fears Of Blow-back If The CIA Torture Report Is Released

Critics predict violence and deaths over CIA torture report -- CBS/AP
Long-awaited CIA torture report could pose risks to hostages: State Department -- The Guardian
House Intelligence Chairman Rogers: Report will spur attacks -- FOX News
US intelligence fears violence, deaths abroad after CIA torture report release -- RT
Former CIA chief raises alarm about forthcoming torture report -- CBS
Former CIA chief says agency never lied about torture -- Washington Post
Former CIA Director Braces for 'Torture Report' -- The Atlantic
Bush and C.I.A. Ex-Officials Rebut Torture Report -- New York Times
Inside the battle over CIA torture report -- Joshua Rogin and Eli Lake, Stars and Stripes/Bloomberg News

Jumat, 05 Desember 2014

CIA 'Torture Report' To Be Released Next Week

Inside the Battle Over the CIA Torture Report -- Josh Rogin & Eli Lake, Bloomberg

After months of internal wrangling, the Senate Intelligence Committee is finally set to release its report on President George W. Bush-era CIA practices, which among other details will contain information about foreign countries that aided in the secret detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists.

Several U.S. officials told us that the negotiations are nearly complete between the Central Intelligence Agency and the committee's Democratic staff, which prepared the classified 6,300-page report and its 600-page, soon-to-be-released declassified executive summary. Dianne Feinstein, the committee's chairman, is set to release the summary early next week. Her staff members had objected vigorously to hundreds of redactions the CIA had proposed in the executive summary. After an often-contentious process to resolve the disputes, managed by top White House officials, Feinstein was able to roll back the majority of the disputed CIA redactions.

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More News On The CIA 'Torture Report' To Be Released Next Week

CIA torture report to be published on Monday without the word 'torture' -- RT
CIA ‘torture report’ could be out Monday -- The Hill
Deal Reached, CIA Torture Report to Be Released Next Week -- Roll Call
Senate 'Torture' Report To Be Published, Following Battle Between CIA, Democratic Party Staffers -- IBTimes
CIA Torture Report ‘Days’ Away, Feinstein Says -- Daily Beast
Torture Report Leaks May Reopen CIA Rendition Case -- Newsweek
12 Things to Keep in Mind When You Read the Torture Report -- The Intercept

Rabu, 19 November 2014

Major Organizational Changes Are Coming To The CIA

CIA Director John Brennan (Reuters / Gary Cameron)

CIA Director John Brennan Considering Sweeping Organizational Changes -- Washington Post

CIA Director John Brennan is considering sweeping organizational changes that could include breaking up the separate spying and analysis divisions that have been in place for decades to create hybrid units focused on individual regions and threats to U.S. security, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said.

The proposal would essentially replicate the structure of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and other similar entities in the agency — an idea that reflects the CTC’s expanded role and influence since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

U.S. officials emphasized that the proposal is in its preliminary stages, and could still be scaled back or even discarded. Already the idea has encountered opposition from current and former officials who have voiced concern that it would be too disruptive and might jeopardize critical capabilities and expertise.

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My Comment: The military is always geared to fight the last war .... I guess the same can be said about intelligence agencies. If this report is true .... and it looks like it is .... major changes are coming to the CIA.

Rabu, 05 November 2014

How To Get A Job At The CIA

Here's How To Get A Job At The CIA -- Pierre Bienaimé, Business Insider

If you told a friend you were in the running for a job at the CIA, you might get a raised eyebrow, be asked whether you're even allowed to revealed that fact, and perhaps some questions about how close to the Bourne trilogy the whole process really is.

But speaking with Forbes, CIA head of recruitment Ron Patrick explained what it takes to get a job at one of the most secretive wings of the US government. And much of it looks like a pretty standard job application. You can even apply online now.

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My Comment: No .... I am not applying.

Rabu, 22 Oktober 2014

Women Are Playing A Major Role In The CIA's Drone Program

The CIA's Real Drone Queens -- Toby Harnden, Real Clear Politics

When President Barack Obama went to the CIA’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, to be briefed on drone operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he was taken aback by the number of female spies directing the agency’s secret killing programme.

A week later, the CIA’s top expert on Pakistan was summoned to the Oval Office. She was strikingly attractive in her stiletto heels. “You don’t look like a Pakistan expert,” the president told her, breaking into a grin.

Obama was mistaken: the expert was typical of the new generation of CIA officers. Many are women in their thirties with a decade or more of experience in hunting down terrorists and vaporising them with Hellfire missiles.

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WNU Editor: Here is an interesting photo essay on women who have served in the CIA.

Kamis, 31 Juli 2014

CIA Director Admits That Officers Penetrated Senate Intelligence Computers



CIA Director John Brennan Apologizes For Search Of Senate Computers -- Washington Post

CIA employees improperly searched computers used by Senate investigators involved in a multi-year probe of the agency’s use of harsh interrogation measures on terrorism suspects, according to the findings of an internal agency probe that prompted CIA Director John O. Brennan to apologize to lawmakers this week.

The embarrassing admission by the agency stems from a dispute that erupted in public earlier this year when the CIA and the committee traded accusations of illicit spying and security breaches — allegations that led to an extraordinary feud between Brennan and the Senate panel that oversees his agency.

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More News On The CIA Director Admiting That Officers Penetrated Senate Intelligence Computers

CIA Director Apologizes for Hacking Into Senate Computers -- AP
CIA concedes it spied on U.S. Senate investigators, apologizes -- Reuters
C.I.A. Admits Penetrating Senate Intelligence Computers -- New York Times
Investigation Finds CIA Improperly Accessed Senate Computers -- Wall Street Journal
Contradicting earlier claims, CIA admits it improperly accessed Senate computers -- McClatchy News
CIA Director Brennan Apologizes to Senate Leaders for Computer 'Hack' -- NBC
CIA Apologizes for Snooping on Senate Staff Computers -- Time
CIA Hacked Senate Computers -- Newsweek
CIA director apologizes over Senate computer searches -- USA Today
CIA Apologizes for Searching Senate Intel Committee Computers -- ABC News
CIA Chief Apologizes To Sens. Feinstein, Chambliss Over Computer Intrusion -- NPR
CIA admits to spying on Senate -- The Hill
CIA admits improperly hacking Senate computers -- Washington Times
The CIA Just Admitted That It Spied on the US Senate -- Vice
CIA: Yes, we did spy on Senate aides’ computers, and we’re sorry -- VOX
CIA Director John Brennan Admits Spies Monitored Senate Computers, Apologizes -- IBTimes
The CIA Just Admitted It Spied On Senate Computers — Senator Calls For Director's Resignation -- Business Insider
Senator: The White House Should Launch a Criminal Probe of the CIA -- The Atlantic
Should Obama Fire His CIA Chief for Misleading the Public About the Senate Spying Scandal? -- David Corn, Mother Jones