Cia
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CIA assessed Rajiv Gandhi assassination 5 years in advance, says report
India | Jan 29, 2017, 06:29 PM ISTThe US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had prepared a detailed and a thorough “brief” on Rajiv Gandhi assassination five years before it took place in 1991, citing what would happen if he is killed or
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Trump’s first day in office: Attack on ‘dishonest’ media, bridge-building with CIA and interfaith prayer
World | Jan 22, 2017, 09:58 AM ISTUS President Donald Trump spent time his first day in office in visiting CIA headquarters and then berated the dishonest media over its coverage of his inauguration.
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Saddam Hussein should have been left to run Iraq, says CIA Officer who interrogated him
World | Dec 17, 2016, 12:29 PM ISTA CIA officer who interrogated Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussain, after he was captured by US-led coalition forces in December 2003, has revealed that the former Iraq President had warned that the occupation of Iraq wouldn't be a "cakewalk" .
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Donald Trump turning away intelligence briefings since election victory: Report
World | Nov 24, 2016, 12:17 PM ISTUS President-elect Donald Trump was reportedly given at least two classified intelligence briefings in the two weeks following his surprise election victory, a media report has said. “Trump has a lot of catching up
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Pak was nearly placed on list of state sponsors of terror, reveals ex-CIA official
World | Sep 09, 2016, 05:05 PM ISTIn a latest revelation from an ex-CIA official, it has been surfaced that Pakistan was “nearly placed” on a formal US list of state sponsors of terrorism during 1993 to 1994. “At the
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CIA chief John Brennan warns of Istanbul-style attack in US
World | Jun 30, 2016, 12:13 PM ISTJohn Brennan, the chief of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has warned that the Islamic State (IS) may conduct Istanbul-style airport attack in America as well.
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Former CIA chief who presided over 2011 Osama raid ‘poisoned’ by ISI?
World | May 06, 2016, 01:12 PM ISTWashington: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
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ISI financed 2009 terror attack on CIA camp in Afghanistan: US National Security Archive
World | Apr 14, 2016, 12:34 PM ISTPakistan'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
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10 sensational disclosures of Headley that expose Pak's real face
India | Feb 11, 2016, 02:37 PM ISTMumbai: 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
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CIA leads help India to arrest over 20 ISIS operatives
India | Jan 23, 2016, 11:16 AM ISTNew 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
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WikiLeaks publishes CIA director John Brennan's hacked emails
World | Oct 22, 2015, 11:23 AM ISTWashington: 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
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Osama bin Laden doll created by CIA up for sale at auction
World | Jun 20, 2015, 08:09 AM ISTLos 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
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German spy agency helped US track down Osama bin Laden: Report
World | May 18, 2015, 07:18 AM ISTBerlin: 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
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US drone strikes leaves al-Qaeda in tatters in Pakistan
World | Apr 25, 2015, 07:49 AM ISTNew 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
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CIA chief predicts long battle with ISIS
World | Mar 14, 2015, 06:42 AM ISTNew 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
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Ex-CIA officer convicted of leaking secrets to reporter
World | Jan 27, 2015, 07:44 AM ISTAlexandria, 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
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India-US ties: Sharing intelligence information amid mistrust and concern
India | Jan 25, 2015, 01:15 PM ISTNew 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
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CIA interrogators are heroes not torturers: Cheney
World | Dec 15, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTWashington: 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
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CIA chief challenges Senate torture report
World | Dec 12, 2014, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: 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
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Detainee Zubaydah a key figure in Senate report on CIA
World | Dec 10, 2014, 08:21 AM ISTWashington: 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,