Tag: CIA
US Ukraine Rep Urges West to Slap More Sanctions on Russia Amid Kerch Strait Row
World18:57 01.12.2018(updated 19:22 01.12.2018) Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated last Sunday after Ukrainian gunboats violated Russia's maritime borders around Crimea, prompting Russian border...
‘Supersonic Ramming’: How Soviet MiG-21 Thwarted CIA-Iranian Op 45 Years Ago
On 28 November, 1973, a Soviet MiG-21 brought an end to the joint US-Iranian reconnaissance mission in the USSR's airspace. The Russian pilot, 35-year-old...
Former US Spy Chief Hospitalized After Stroke
Former CIA director and retired US Air Force General Michael Hayden suffered a stroke this week."The Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International...
Trump Backs Saudi Arabia Despite CIA Report Uncovering Khashoggi Killing
On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence...
CIA Considered Use of Truth Serums on Post-9/11 Interrogation Suspects
US01:10 14.11.2018The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has obtained 90 pages of documents on the CIA torture program.Shortly after the terrorist attacks on the United States...
British Spies Hacked Belgian Telecom Firm on UK Government Orders – Reports
Europe05:34 22.09.2018(updated 05:45 22.09.2018) Belgian prosecutors' report supported previous claims made by Edward Snowden that British GCHQ had been intercepting communications at NATO HQ...
Trump to Slam Sanctions on Anyone Found Meddling with Nov Elections – Report
US01:59 12.09.2018The president intends to sign an executive order that would punish any foreign nationals and companies caught meddling in the November midterm elections...
ICC Defies US Sanctions Threats Over Afghan Inquiry, Will “Work Undeterred”
World14:03 11.09.2018(updated 15:15 11.09.2018) Earlier, White House National Security Advisor John Bolton said that the US would not cooperate with, provide assistance to or...
Former Swedish PM Labeled ‘Traitor’ for Leaking Data on “Soviet Subs” to US
Europe11:13 06.09.2018Facing a barrage of criticism, Carl Bildt rejected Swedish news reports as "disinformation," while claiming to have acted at the behest of his...
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of Afghan militant network, dies
The founder of the Haqqani militant network has died after several years of illness, the...
Eminem Takes Dig at ‘Agent Orange’ Trump Over ‘Sending Secret Service’ After Him
US11:05 01.09.2018(updated 11:13 01.09.2018) Having previously lambasted George W. Bush over the Iraqi war, Eminem has now shifted his attention to the current president,...
US Benghazi Operator Accuses Brennan of ‘Putting His Politics Before’ CIA Team
US21:58 17.08.2018(updated 22:08 17.08.2018) Although the former CIA director enjoyed a lot of support from his former colleagues in the intelligence community after US...
Venezuela: Another US Drone Strike?
Trendstorm15:01 11.08.2018(updated 15:13 11.08.2018) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an assassination attempt after several explosive-laden drones were shot done right in front of him...
UN Urges Full-Fledged Probe Into Allegations of Secret CIA Prison in Lithuania
World18:00 27.07.2018In 2016, Lithuania told the European Court of Human Rights that the country wasn't harboring a secret US Central Intelligence Agency prison where...