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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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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  Pakistan: lawyer of doctor who helped CIA find bin laden has fled

  World | December 11, 2013 23:23 IST

  Peshawar: The main lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden fled Pakistan on Wednesday after receiving death threats from militants, his colleagues said.The lawyer had represented Dr.

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  CIA papers show Leon Panetta spilled Osama bin Laden secrets

  World | December 11, 2013 10:03 IST

  Washington: Newly declassified documents show that former CIA director Leon Panetta revealed secret information to "Zero Dark Thirty" scriptwriter Mark Boal, who was allowed to attend Panetta's speech at CIA headquarters marking the raid that

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  Pak doctor who helped trace Osama bin Laden to face fresh trial

  World | August 29, 2013 18:54 IST

  Islamabad: The 33-year jail term given to Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA Track Osama Bin Laden, was today overturned by an official who ordered a fresh trial.Frontier Crimes Regulation Commissioner Sahibzada

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  Know more about Edward Snowden controversy

  World | July 02, 2013 7:22 IST

  New Delhi: Edward Snowden who is giving a slip to USA was born to an officer of US Coast Guard on June 21, 1983. He pursued his computing career but left mid way. Then he worked

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  CIA plotted to kill terrorist Awlaki by arranging bride

  World | October 16, 2012 16:14 IST

  Washington, Oct 16: The CIA had paid an Al Qaeda spy to help find a bride for American-born terrorist Anwar al Awlaki in a plot to kill him, a media report said.Morten Storm, a Danish

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  China arrests suspected CIA agent

  World | June 02, 2012 22:16 IST

  Washington, Jun 2: Chinese authorities have arrested a suspected CIA agent in China who apparently worked in the Ministry of State Security, country's main intelligence agency, a media report today said.However the US has refused

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  US drone kills four militants in Pakistan

  World | June 02, 2012 14:12 IST

  Islamabad, Jun 2: A US drone targeted a vehicle in the south Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing four militants in the latest in a string of attacks by the CIA-operated spy planes.The drone

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  US not willing to buy Pak's new story on Afridi

  World | May 31, 2012 7:10 IST

  Washington, May 31 :Seeking a clarification from Pakistan, the US on wednesday said that it did not believe in the “story” that a Pakistani doctor, who helped CIA track Osama bin Laden, was sentenced to

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  Pak doctor's prosecution 'unjust and unwarranted',says Clinton

  World | May 25, 2012 6:37 IST

  Washington, May 25 : The 33-year jail term to a Pakistani doctor who helped CIA in finding Osama bin Laden has created outrage in the US with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling it “unjust

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  US Senators ask Pakistan to pardon, release Afridi

  World | May 24, 2012 8:28 IST

  Washington, May 24 : Shocked over Pakistan sentencing a doctor, who helped the CIA to find al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, two top American Senators on Wednesday asked the authorities there to pardon and

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  Doctor Who Led CIA To Bin Laden Is Jailed For 33 Years For Treason

  World | May 24, 2012 8:43 IST

  Islamabad, May 24: A Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Wednesday for conspiring against the state, officials said, a verdict that is

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  Pak doctor gets 33 years for helping CIA find Osama

  World | May 23, 2012 21:25 IST

  Islamabad, May 23: A Pakistani doctor who ran a fake vaccination campaign for the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was today sentenced to 33 years of rigorous imprisonment for committing treason under harsh

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  US Ambassador Cameron Munter steps down early

  World | May 09, 2012 14:22 IST

  Islamabad, May 9 :The growing influence of the CIA and Pentagon in shaping relations with Pakistan was a key reason behind US Ambassador Cameron Munter's decision to quit his post, the media here claimed today.Munter,

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  If you take four wives, you live like a groom, said Osama bin Laden

  World | April 30, 2012 12:37 IST

  New York, April 30:  American newsmagazine TIME has published for the first time the hand-written memo written by CIA director Leon Panetta authorizing the attack on the Abbottabad compound, where Al Qaeda chief Osama bin