Russia may consider granting Snowden political asylumRussia may consider former CIA agent Edward Snowden's request for political asylum if he will make an official request, says presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.12:52 11.06.2013
Man who exposed US secret surveillance program seeks political asylumEdward Snowden, 29, an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton who has admitted to leaking secret information to the media, has told journalists that he would be asking for political asylum in a country that respects freedom of speech.10:34 10.06.2013
US court upholds CIA decision to withhold bin Laden attack, burial photosA federal appeals court in Washington DC Tuesday affirmed that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) acted properly in refusing to disclose 52 post-mortem images of al Qaeda Osama bin Laden as the images were properly classified as Top Secret.14:19 22.05.2013
CIA officer was nabbed by Russian he sought to recruit - FSBThe alleged CIA operative who was attempting to recruit a Russian security services officer was detained by that officer himself.17:48 16.05.2013
Alleged CIA officer detained for espionage to leave RussiaAlleged CIA officer Ryan Fogle, who worked undercover at the US Embassy in Russia and was detained by the Federal Security Service on Tuesday, will leave Russia in a few days.10:48 16.05.2013
CIA officer apprehended in Moscow - FSBRussian counterintelligence officials detained an alleged US spy who had been working under the cover for the US Embassy in Moscow, the Federal Security Service's (FSB) Public Relations Center told journalists Tuesday.15:44 14.05.2013
Chubais’ alleged CIA connections exposed by anonymous sourceThe CIA officers operated as consultants to Anatoly Chubais, the Russian deputy prime minister who oversaw the privatization of the country’s economy in the early 1990's, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Those officers have been identified as Andrei Shleifer and Jonathan Hay, privatization consultants for the Russian government at the time, an anonymous source who also worked with Chubais revealed to RIA Novosti.17:54 25.04.2013
Federal court dismisses transparency claim against State Department and CIAA US federal court dismissed a complaint filed by transparency advocacy group Freedom Watch charging that an array of US government departments and agencies including the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had failed to maintain transparency as required by federal law.17:53 01.03.2013
Italian ex-security chief sentenced to 10 years for imam kidnappingA Milan appeals court has sentenced Niccolo Pollari, former chief of Italy's SISMI military intelligence agency, to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping of an imam.18:13 12.02.2013
Anti-drone protesters temporarily derail CIA Director confirmation hearingA Senate confirmation hearing for the directorship of America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) temporarily descended into chaos yesterday as anti-drone protesters took turns hollering abuses at nominee John Brennan over the Obama administration’s drone strike policy.13:57 08.02.2013
Dozens of сountries aided US secret detentions - reportAs many as 54 governments throughout the world assisted the United States in its secret detention and rendition operations in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a new human rights report.10:28 06.02.2013
ECHR rules to declassify documents on CIA prisons in PolandThe European Court of Human Rights has decided to declassify the documents on the alleged existence of CIA prisons in Poland.14:36 05.02.2013
Petraeus affair exposes tensions in US balance of powersMore important than all of the drama emulating from the ladies involved in the scandal surrounding the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus is that of the wrench thrown into America’s balance of powers.13:35 13.11.2012
CIA chief David Petraeus resigns over extramarital affairCIA Director David Petraeus has submitted his resignation in response to his extramarital affair, which was revealed after his lover Paula Broadwell sent threatening emails to another woman. US President Barack Obama has approved his resignation.14:04 12.11.2012
Former CIA agent pleads guilty to revealing covert IDA former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer who was charged with repeatedly leaking classified information pleaded guilty in a US court Tuesday to disclosing the identity of an undercover agent to a journalist.09:51 24.10.2012