Russia may consider granting Snowden political asylum
Russia may consider former CIA agent Edward Snowden's request for political asylum if he will make an official request, says presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Man who exposed US secret surveillance program seeks political asylum
Edward 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.
US court upholds CIA decision to withhold bin Laden attack, burial photos
A 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.
CIA officer was nabbed by Russian he sought to recruit - FSB
The alleged CIA operative who was attempting to recruit a Russian security services officer was detained by that officer himself.
Alleged CIA officer detained for espionage to leave Russia
Alleged 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.
CIA officer apprehended in Moscow - FSB
Russian 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.
Chubais’ alleged CIA connections exposed by anonymous source
The 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.
Federal court dismisses transparency claim against State Department and CIA
A 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.
Italian ex-security chief sentenced to 10 years for imam kidnapping
A 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.
Anti-drone protesters temporarily derail CIA Director confirmation hearing
A 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.
Dozens of сountries aided US secret detentions - report
As 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.
ECHR rules to declassify documents on CIA prisons in Poland
The European Court of Human Rights has decided to declassify the documents on the alleged existence of CIA prisons in Poland.
Petraeus affair exposes tensions in US balance of powers
More 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.
CIA chief David Petraeus resigns over extramarital affair
CIA 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.
Former CIA agent pleads guilty to revealing covert ID
A 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.