CIA

America’s Secretive Operation White Star in Laos

In the early 1960s the United States Army Special Forces was engaged in a secretive mission in the remote country of Laos in Southeast Asia. During this time we were in the midst of a Cold War with the Soviet Union, Red China, and other communist bloc nations. The perception (and reality) was that slowly […]

Netflix is just a CIA plot, according to Russia

The Kremlin has accused the global film streaming company Netflix of being part of an American plot to subvert Russian society and culture.

Vladimir Medinsky, the minister of culture who is a loyal supporter of President Putin, said that the film streaming service was on the US government payroll along with Silicon Valley giants.

Outing the CIA’s ‘Undertaker’

Remote even by the standards of Pakistan’s tribal areas, the Shawal Valley is surrounded by steep mountains that descend into thick forests interspersed with boulder-strewn alpine rivers. The valley is one of the final redoubts of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters who fled Afghanistan after the U.S. invasion. Numerous Pakistani military offensives have so far failed […]

If it wasn’t for this CIA officer, a lot more people would have died in Benghazi

Casualties sustained during the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, could have been much higher if it was not for the work of a mysterious CIA officer, according to an official report from the House Select Committee on Benghazi. The report, released Tuesday, noted that U.S. military support did not […]

Is the CIA in a State of Disarray?

The operational tempo of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center (CTC), like that of U.S. special operations forces (SOF), has been intense over the past fifteen years, and significant turnover of leaders and mid-level officers has probably contributed to a feeling of inadequate leadership at times.

CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold on black market: officials

Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American and Jordanian officials. Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two […]

Psychologists behind CIA interrogation tactics deny torture

Two former Air Force psychologists who helped design the CIA‘s enhanced interrogation techniques for terrorism suspects acknowledge using waterboarding and other harsh tactics but deny allegations of torture and war crimes leveled by a civil liberties group, according to new court records. The American Civil Liberties Union sued James E. Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen […]

As the nation debates the place of Islam, the CIA’s Muslim officers fight terrorism

Shortly after supporters of the Islamic State gunned down 14 people in California last year, the CIA’s deputy director assembled a group of Muslim employees to talk about Islamophobia. The Dec. 2 shootings by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik had illustrated the United States’ vulnerability to terrorist attacks inspired by the Islamic State and […]

CIA director’s chilling ISIS update ignored by Sunday shows; Fox lone exception

“Fox News Sunday” was the only major talk show over the weekend to cover CIA Director John Brennan’s chilling update on the strength of the Islamic State terror group. Mr. Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee last Thursday that ISIS or ISIL, another name for the Islamic State, has not lost its capacity for conducting […]

CIA Chief: Current GWOT Tactics, Creating More Terrorists

Unfortunately, despite all our progress against [Daesh] on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach. The resources needed for terrorism are very modest, and the group would have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower, and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly.