CIA

Senate Clears Brennan as CIA Chief

In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, CIA Director nominee John Brennan, testifies before a Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Associated Press | Mar 07, 2013

WASHINGTON - John Brennan won Senate confirmation Thursday to head the CIA after a late struggle that had more to do with presidential power to order drone strikes than with the nominee's credentials to lead the spy agency. The Senate voted 63-34 to give Brennan the top job at the nation's spy agency. He will replace Michael Morrell, the acting... more

Is There Too Much Secrecy?

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Aviation Week's DTI  | Dec 04, 2012

This article first appeared in Aviation Week & Space Technology. The Pentagon's "black" budget for secret programs is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, taped up in a Wheaties box and locked in a safe that has then been built into a bridge abutment adjacent to the one containing the mortal remains of Jimmy Hoffa. A Congressional R... more

White House Urged to Boost CIA Drone Fleet

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UPI | Oct 26, 2012

The CIA has urged the White House to boost the agency's armed drone fleet to fight new North Africa al-Qaida threats, U.S. officials told The Washington Post. The request by CIA Director David H. Petraeus for up to 10 remotely piloted drones would strengthen Washington's ability to stop the growth of an increasingly aggressive al-Qaida affiliat... more

Appeals Court Reverses CIA Drone Secrecy Ruling

An MQ-9 Reaper sits in a hanger during a sandstorm at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Photo by Senior Airman Jason Epley

Associated Press | Mar 15, 2013

WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court Friday reversed a lower court ruling which allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists. A lower court federal judge had sided with the CIA and dismissed a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union seeking those records. In res... more

Brennan CIA Hearing Interrupted by Protests

Associated Press | Feb 08, 2013

WASHINGTON -- Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday the United States remains at war with al-Qaida and other terrorists and is under "daily cyberattack" by foreign countries and others. In a statement delivered before he answered questions, Brennan promised to keep members of the c... more

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