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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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  Wary about US moves, China, Russia pledge to prioritise ties

  World | June 05, 2012 19:55 IST

  Beijing, Jun 5: As US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in New Delhi to firm up military ties, a wary China today rolled out red-carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to court

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  US to build strong security relationship with India

  World | June 02, 2012 16:18 IST

  Singapore, Jun 2: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta today said his visit to New Delhi would focus on building a strong security relationship with India.  “The visit would be to affirm our interest in building

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  US Defence Secretary to travel to India early June

  World | May 23, 2012 7:03 IST

  Washington, May 23: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta would travel to India in the first week of June, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.The India trip, the first to the country by Panetta in his capacity as

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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

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  Someone In Pakistan Knew About Osama's Hideout, Says Panetta

  World | January 28, 2012 15:00 IST

  Washington, Jan 28: The US still believes that someone in authority in Pakistan knew where the world's most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden was hiding in the country, nine months after the raid that killed

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  Pak Doctor Provided Key Info For Bin Laden Raid, Says US

  World | January 28, 2012 14:12 IST

  Washington, Jan 28 :  US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the US in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on

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  Panetta Looking Forward To Visit India

  World | January 18, 2012 12:51 IST

  Washington, Jan 18: US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who views Indo-US ties as one of the most important bilateral relationships, is looking forward to travel to India in not too distant future, a top Pentagon

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  US Lawmaker Demands Review Of NATO Command, Control Protocols

  World | December 01, 2011 15:48 IST

  Washington, Dec 1: A US lawmaker has asked the defence secretary to review the command and control protocols of NATO as an air attack by the alliance forces left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead last weekend

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  Allies Must Share Burden In Austerity Age : Leon Panetta

  World | November 19, 2011 8:51 IST

  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov 19: US defense secretary Leon Panetta told a gathering of NATO allies on Friday that the United States will not use its financial problems as an excuse to walk away from

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  Goof-Up : US Defence Secy Says Both China, India Are Threats To US

  World | November 18, 2011 13:38 IST

  Washington, Nov 18: In a major goof-up, new US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta clubbed India and China, describing them as emerging "threats", but his office quickly retracted the remarks, saying Washington strongly values close ties

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  US 'Fighting A War' In Pakistan : Panetta

  World | October 12, 2011 7:24 IST

  Washington, Oct 12: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday the United States is waging “war” in Pakistan against militants, referring to a covert campaign the CIA steadfastly refuses to publicly confirm.It was Panetta's latest comment

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  US Will Pursue Haqqani Terrorists Into Pakistan, Says Panetta

  World | September 15, 2011 13:48 IST

  Aboard A US Military Aircraft, Sept 15 : US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta expressed frustration with Pakistan's government on Wednesday, warning that the US will not allow the attacks on US forces from Pakistan-based insurgents

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  US: Can't Snap Ties With Pak Despite Its Links With LeT

  World | August 17, 2011 11:19 IST

  Washington, August 17:   The US on Tuesday acknowledged that its ally Pakistan keeps ties with anti-India terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, but said Washington had "no choice" but to maintain its relations with Islamabad if it has

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  CIA Chief Confronts Pak Army With Evidence Of Collusion

  World | June 11, 2011 13:19 IST

  Islamabad/Washington, Jun 11: CIA chief Leon Panetta has confronted Pakistan's military leadership with evidence of collusion between militants and security officials in the country, causing fresh strains in the troubled US-Pak ties. Panetta, who arrived

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  Terror Safe Havens In Pak Must Be Uprooted, Says New Defence Secretary

  World | June 10, 2011 14:49 IST

  Washington, Jun 10: Leon Panetta, the man to take over as America's next Defence Secretary has said that the war against terrorism in Afghanistan can only be won if the terrorist safe havens rpt havens

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  CIA Chief Meets Chidambaram

  India | October 03, 2010 8:40 IST

  New Delhi CIA  chief Leon Panetta was in India for nearly a week during which he met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and senior officials ahead of the visit of President Barack Obama beginning next