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  • Osama bin Laden

    Former CIA chief who presided over 2011 Osama raid ‘poisoned’ by ISI?

    World | May 06, 2016 13:12 IST

    Washington:A former CIA station chief in Pakistan, who presided over the May 2011 raid that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, is believed to have been poisoned by the ISI, a media report said

  • ISI financed 2009 terror attack on CIA facility in

    ISI financed 2009 terror attack on CIA camp in Afghanistan: US National Security Archive

    World | April 14, 2016 12:34 IST

    Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had financed the deadly 2009 terror attack at a camp of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) camp in Afghanistan that left 7 officials dead, a cable declassified by the National Security Archive has re

  • 10 sensational disclosures of headley that expose pak s

    10 sensational disclosures of Headley that expose Pak's real face

    India | February 11, 2016 14:37 IST

    Mumbai: The deposition of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley continued for fourth day at a Mumbai court  via video link. He is being examined as an approver in the 26/11 terror attacks.Headley has made some

  • cia leads help india to arrest over 20 isis operatives

    CIA leads help India to arrest over 20 ISIS operatives

    India | January 23, 2016 11:16 IST

    New Delhi: Acting on tip-offs provided by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) about computers and phones being used by terror group ISIS, the Indian agencies have arrested over a dozen suspected operatives of the militant outfit.According

  • wikileaks publishes cia director john brennan s hacked

    WikiLeaks publishes CIA director John Brennan's hacked emails

    World | October 22, 2015 11:23 IST

    Washington: The WikiLeaks organization posted material Wednesday from what appears to be CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account, including a draft security clearance application containing personal information.The material presumably was taken in a compromise

  • osama bin laden doll created by cia up for sale at auction

    Osama bin Laden doll created by CIA up for sale at auction

    World | June 20, 2015 8:09 IST

    Los Angeles: A demon-faced Osama bin Laden doll that was created as part of a CIA programme to dissuade children from idolizing the al-Qaida chief has been put on SALE.Only three copies of the 12-inch

  • german spy agency helped us track down osama bin laden

    German spy agency helped US track down Osama bin Laden: Report

    World | May 18, 2015 7:18 IST

    Berlin: Germany's foreign intelligence agency helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, before the al Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces in May 2011, according to a media report on

  • us drone strikes leaves al qaeda in tatters in pakistan

    US drone strikes leaves al-Qaeda in tatters in Pakistan

    World | April 25, 2015 7:49 IST

    New York: US drone strikes over the years targetting al-Qaeda's top leadership in Pakistan's tribal belt has left the terror group "in tatters", forcing the militant leaders to seek shelter in the remote mountains of

  • cia chief predicts long battle with isis

    CIA chief predicts long battle with ISIS

    World | March 14, 2015 6:42 IST

    New York City: The head of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) expects the battle against the group known as Islamic State to be a "long-term struggle."Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations in

  • ex cia officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter

    Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter

    World | January 27, 2015 7:44 IST

    Alexandria, Virginia:  A former CIA officer was convicted Monday of leaking details of a covert mission to derail Iran's nuclear program in a case that, until the eve of the trial, was as much about

  • india us ties sharing intelligence information amid

    India-US ties: Sharing intelligence information amid mistrust and concern

    India | January 25, 2015 13:15 IST

    New Delhi: US President Obama's visit to India as the chief guest of Republic Day parade is the proof of deepening ties between the two countries. Indian PM Narendra Modi even broke the protocol to

  • cia interrogators are heroes not torturers cheney

    CIA interrogators are heroes not torturers: Cheney

    World | December 15, 2014 8:02 IST

    Washington: Former US vice president Dick Cheney Sunday defended America's now-banned program that tortured Al-Qaeda suspects, praising the CIA operatives who ran it as heroes."I'm perfectly comfortable that they should be praised, they should be

  • cia chief challenges senate torture report

    CIA chief challenges Senate torture report

    World | December 12, 2014 11:32 IST

    Washington: CIA Director John Brennan is acknowledging that agency officers did “abhorrent” things to captive terror suspects, and he says he can't prove the harsh treatment made the prisoners cooperate. But he defends the overall

  • detainee zubaydah a key figure in senate report on cia

    Detainee Zubaydah a key figure in Senate report on CIA

    World | December 10, 2014 8:21 IST

    Washington: Abu Zubaydah was the CIA's guinea pig. He was the first high-profile al Qaida terror suspect captured after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the first to vanish into the spy agency's secret prisons,

  • cia s interrogations were brutal post 9/11 says us senate

    CIA's interrogations were brutal post 9/11, says US Senate report

    World | December 10, 2014 9:53 IST

    Washington: The CIA's harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era were far more brutal than previously acknowledged and delivered no “ticking time bomb” information that prevented an attack, a long-delayed US Senate report

  • hackers warn against the interview release

    Hackers warn against 'The Interview' release

    Hollywood | December 10, 2014 7:06 IST

    Los Angeles: A group of activists calling themselves Guardians of Peace have warned movie executives at Sony to scrap plans to release Seth Rogen's new comedy “The Interview”.The organisation is claiming responsibility for the hack

  • report clears obama administration on benghazi attack

    Report clears Obama administration on Benghazi attack

    World | November 22, 2014 12:03 IST

    Washington: A two-year Congressional probe into an attack on a US diplomatic post in Libya's Benghazi city has cleared the Obama administration of accusations of mishandling its response, media reports said Saturday.The report released Friday

  • cia triples estimate of islamic state strength

    CIA triples estimate of Islamic State strength

    World | September 12, 2014 11:26 IST

    Washington: The Islamic State, the dreaded terrorist group that has gained control over a large part of Iraq and Syria, has up to 31,500 fighters - three times as many as previously feared, according to

  • cia joins facebook twitter

    CIA joins Facebook, Twitter

    June 07, 2014 19:24 IST

    Washington: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), one of the top intelligence-gathering agencies of the US government, has sent out its first tweet on its official Twitter page.It quickly confirmed in a press release Friday that

  • terror link not ruled out in missing malaysian jetliner

    Terror link not ruled out in missing Malaysian jetliner mystery: CIA

    World | March 12, 2014 9:43 IST

    Washington: The possibility of a terror link cannot be ruled out yet in the " mystery" of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight, John Brennan, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), said Tuesday.The CIA

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