CIA
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration’s handling of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Wednesday, stressing Saudi Arabia’s importance...
Romania and Lithuania knowingly hosted secret CIA jails
Lithuania and Romania hosted secret CIA prisons a decade ago and their authorities were aware that detainees were held there illegally, the European Court of...
CIA’s Pompeo brings insider’s touch to secretary of state role
CIA Director Mike Pompeo, if confirmed as the next secretary of state, would bring a number of assets to his new role as the top...
CIA director expects Russia will try to target US midterms
CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Russia will target US midterm elections later this year as part of the Kremlin’s attempt to influence domestic politics across...
Turkey seeks arrest of ex-CIA officer over suspected coup links
Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a former officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) over suspected links to last year’s failed...
Trump calls ‘ridiculous’ reports Russia helped him in U.S. election – Update 1(Adds comments on intelligence briefing)
By Doina Chiacu and Howard Schneider U.S. President-elect Donald Trump rejected as “ridiculous” reported U.S. intelligence findings that Russia intervened in the presidential election...
Trump taps Sessions for AG, Pompeo for CIA – transition official
US President-elect Donald Trump has tapped three senior leaders of his national security and law enforcement teams, choosing Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Representative Mike...
Disenchanted Republicans to float ex-CIA officer to oppose Trump -reports
Republicans disenchanted with Donald Trump as the party’s presidential candidate plan to put forth a conservative alternative, former top House Republican aide and former CIA...
CIA director says Islamic State still serious threat (Updated)
Islamic State‘s “terrorism capacity and global reach” have not been reduced, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said on Thursday, adding that the group...
CIA chief expects release of 9/11 documents to clear Saudi Arabia
CIA chief John Brennan said on Sunday he expects 28 classified pages of a U.S. congressional report into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the...