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Russian man jailed for 13 years for links with U.S. Intelligence Agency
12:25 20/11/2020
Ex-employee of an operator of the Northern Fleet’s ships Yury Yeshchenko has received 13 years in high-security prison for cooperating with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Russian court sentenced former police officer to 13 years for espionage on behalf of CIA
10:07 13/11/2015
The Moscow Regional Court has convicted former police officer of espionage on behalf of CIA.
Russian ex-police officer sentenced to 15 years for helping CIA
16:34 05/03/2015
The Moscow City Court sentenced on Thursday former police officer Roman Ushakov to 15 years in prison for treason.
Lithuanian Prosecutor General to request data on CIA prisons
16:53 10/12/2014
The Prosecutor General’s Office in Lithuania will request additional information from the US on the detention of terrorist suspects and their interrogation abroad, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday according to Irmantas Mikelionis, Chief Prosecutor of Lithuania's Organized Crime Department.
Snowden believes US intelligence follows him in Moscow
11:15 14/08/2014
Edward Snowden believes US intelligence agencies spy on him in Russia where he was granted a three-year residence permit earlier this month.
Russia urges EU to investigate secret CIA prisons in Europe
10:07 29/07/2014
Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, has urged the EU countries to investigate the alleged operation of CIA-run torture facilities in Europe, often referred to as “black sites,” RIA Novosti announced on Monday.
Poland violated rights of detainees of CIA secret prisons - ECHR
13:55 24/07/2014
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled Thursday that Poland is responsible for numerous violations of rights of two men suspected of terrorist acts and detained through a CIA-run secret prison program.
US Senate Committee votes to declassify parts of CIA interrogation report
16:48 04/04/2014
The US Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to declassify portions of a groundbreaking five-year study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) controversial post-9/11 interrogation program, Committee Chairperson Dianne Feinstein announced in a statement.
CIA misrepresented interrogation program to US govt. - report
16:22 01/04/2014
The US Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in a recent report that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) misled officials about its former interrogation program for years, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
DOJ challenges journalist's claim to CIA interrogation report
19:16 28/01/2014
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to dismiss a case arising from investigative journalist Jason Leopold efforts to obtain documents from a congressional oversight report of the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) detention and interrogation program.
ECHR: Poland grilled on CIA black site allegations
13:14 13/12/2013
During a speech on September 6, 2006, then US President George W. Bush addressed the nation and the families of those killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. He revealed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was in fact running a secret counter-terrorism program without going into much details about it, and declared the program closed. Bush also assured the American people that torture was not used against those suspected of terrorism captured through the CIA program. He rather described the methods used to extract intel as an “alternative set of procedures”.
UN Human Rights Rapporteur calls CIA extraordinary rendition “global conspiracy”
15:58 03/12/2013
While delivering his statement in the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) hearing on the alleged extraordinary rendition of Al Nashiri and Abu Zubaydah by the CIA in Poland, Ben Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, referred to the high-value detainee (HVD) program and the practice of extraordinary rendition a “global criminal conspiracy.”
Poland calls for confidentiality in CIA black-site prison investigation
15:11 03/12/2013
At the ongoing European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) hearing of the secret CIA run-prisons in Poland, the representatives of the Polish government called for more confidentiality of the proceedings, saying that the investigation was still in progress, RAPSI reports live from the courtroom.
Elucidating the CIA’s post-9/11 justice program
14:18 05/11/2013
More than a decade has passed since that sunny fall morning when four hijacked passenger planes brought the US to its knees. The coordinated attacks of September 11, 2001 killed nearly 3,000 people, obliterated New York’s Twin Towers, caused the partial collapse of the Pentagon, and unrecognizably altered the face of US national security. The attacks compelled security agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to improvise tools with which to confront a threat unprecedented in the annals of war: worldwide, stateless, ideology-driven terrorism.
US intelligence review of pre-Boston Bombing efforts delayed – report
18:54 29/10/2013
A review aimed at determining the likelihood that the Boston Marathon bombing could have been prevented by the FBI, CIA, or other government agencies, has been delayed due to this month’s US government shutdown.
COE Human Rights Commissioner urges action over CIA extraordinary rendition
18:04 11/09/2013
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks urged member states to take political and judicial initiatives to lift the shroud of secrecy over the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) extraordinary rendition program.
Navigating the fine line between whistleblowing and espionage
19:31 28/08/2013
When one reveals classified information, acquired by way of high-level security clearance, to the public at large – is s/he a whistleblower or a spy? What if our hypothetical leaker was motivated at least in part by the desire to expose official wrongdoing, or should that even matter where national security is concerned?
Covert CIA officer sues agency over war crimes investigation
13:38 14/06/2013
A senior covert paramilitary officer for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) filed a claim against his employer Wednesday seeking to compel the agency’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to complete a war crimes investigation presently pending against the claimant.
London urges airlines not to let Snowden board flights to UK - report
12:17 14/06/2013
The British government is urging airlines around the world not to allow former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to Britain because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."
Civil rights NGO ACLU sues US officials over NSA surveillance program
18:42 13/06/2013
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a claim against various high-ranking US government officials Tuesday in response to last week’s revelation that the US government had engaged in large-scale surveillance of the communication records of its citizens.
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