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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...
Tags: Taxation, Justice System, Republican Party, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama
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Russia says American was recruiting for CIA
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.MOSCOW -- Russia detained an American citizen accused of attempting to recruit a local intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy in Moscow, was held...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Russia, Moscow (Russia), Anna Chapman, Espionage and Intelligence
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Mistaken Benghazi claim came from CIA, emails show
WASHINGTON — Career CIA officers were responsible for administration claims that the armed attack in Benghazi, Libya, that left four Americans dead last fall grew out of a protest of an anti-Islamic video, an incorrect assertion that became a...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, U.S. Embassy, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Counter-terrorism leak compromised an informant, sources say
WASHINGTON -- The unauthorized disclosure of a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Bombings, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Holder, Justice System
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Holder defends subpoena of journalists' phone records
WASHINGTON — Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. on Tuesday strongly defended the criminal investigation into the leak of classified details about a successful U.S. undercover operation, calling it "within the top two or three most serious leaks" of...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Justice System, Al-Qaeda, Journalism, Barack Obama
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Britain court sentences four hackers guilty of cyberattacks
LONDON – Four hackers who pleaded guilty to a series of high-profile cyberattacks on computers in the U.S. and Britain, including those of the CIA and Sony Pictures, were sentenced Thursday to up to 32 months in prison. The four men, all Britons,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Crime, Anonymous (internet groups), PBS (tv network), Organized Crime
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Letters: Journalists have rights -- and responsibilities
Re "Journalists' records secretly collected," May 14 With any right there are associated responsibilities and restrictions. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms — well, not if you are a convicted felon or criminally insane. The...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Darrell E Issa, Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say
WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, Eric Holder, Justice System, Al-Qaeda
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Review: 'Erased' lacks originality but not cliches
The thriller "Erased" divides neatly by influence. When Brussels-based tech security expert Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) shows up for work one day, there's no trace of his company anymore, a la "Three Days of the Condor." Like the "Bourne" movies, he's...
Tags: Olga Kurylenko, Aaron Eckhart
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Russia reports earlier accusation of U.S. spying
MOSCOW --The arrest and expulsion of a U.S. Embassy official this week for allegedly attempting, in a ham-handed way, to recruit a Russian intelligence officer was the second such case this year, Russian state television reported Wednesday. The...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Moscow (Russia), Russia, Espionage and Intelligence, Police Investigations
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...
Tags: David Cameron, National Government, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Government, John Kerry
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Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere
WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...
Tags: John McCain, Pakistan, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Laws
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