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Pakistani doctor caught between counterterrorism and treason
World NowThe treason conviction and 33-year prison sentence given the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden last year has outraged U.S. leaders who see Shakeel Afridi as a hero in their campaign against terrorism. A Senate panel voted to slash... -
Hollywood a longtime friend of the CIA
WASHINGTON — Some Republican lawmakers were outraged when federal records released last week showed that the White House, CIA and Defense Department granted high-level access last year to a pair of acclaimed filmmakers researching an action thriller...
Tags: Republican Party, Military Equipment, Defense, Police Investigations, The Hurt Locker (movie)
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Supreme Court to consider case on secret international wiretapping
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider blocking a constitutional challenge to the government’s secret wiretapping of international phone calls and emails. At issue is whether Americans who have regular dealings with overseas...
Tags: Politics, Laws, Amnesty International, Judges, Science and Technology
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Officials helped makers of Osama bin Laden film, documents show
WASHINGTON — In the months after the U.S. militarymission that killed Osama bin Laden, Pentagon officials met with Hollywood filmmakers and gave them special access in an effort to influence the creation of a film about the operation, newly released...
Tags: Politics, International Military Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Peter T. King, Osama bin Laden
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CIA discloses names of 15 killed in line of duty
WASHINGTON — The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30 years, the result of a new effort to honor fallen officers whose sacrifices had long gone unrecognized by all but a few....Tags: Politics, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Police Investigations, David Petraeus, U.S. Department of State
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International sting operation brought down underwear bomb plot
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe successful blocking of an ambitious Al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner was an international sting operation worthy of Hollywood, with spies tricking terrorists into showing their cards. Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency, working closely...Tags: Politics, FBI, Al-Qaeda, Police Investigations, Justice System
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Al Qaeda goes retro with exploding underwear
Those sultans of style at Al Qaeda have released their line of lingerie for spring and it’s a blast. Tucked away in their secret atelier in Yemen, the fanatics of fashion have come up with an updated version of the exploding underwear that caused...
Tags: Politics, Entertainment Events, Al-Qaeda, Emergency Incidents, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Roman Polanski to direct movie about the Dreyfus affair
24 FramesRoman Polanski, a director who has had extensive personal experience with a justice system he and supporters believe wronged him, will make a movie about another exceptionally high-profile trial: the Dreyfus affair. Polanski will direct “D,” a... -
Coroner says death of British intelligence worker may never be explained
World NowBritish decoding expert's death is a mystery says coroner; British secret service is criticized... -
Coroner says British secret service worker was probably "killed unlawfully"
World NowA British coroner pronounced the mysterious death of a secret service employee as unexplainable because of limited evidence, but concluded a dramatic hearing Wednesday by saying he was probably "killed unlawfully."... -
Fears of spying hinder U.S. license for China Mobile
WASHINGTON — Concerned about possible cyber spying, U.S. national security officials are debating whether to take the unprecedented step of recommending that a Chinese government-owned mobile phone giant be denied a license to offer international...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Theft, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Wireless Technology, Defense
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Pentagon increasing spy presence overseas
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is beefing up its spy service to send several hundred undercover intelligence officers to overseas hot spots to steal secrets on national security threats after a decade of focusing chiefly on the wars in Iraq and...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Defense, Global Expansion, Central Intelligence Agency, The Pentagon
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