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Normale Ansicht

Chinese Threat Requires a Broader Spying Mission, C.I.A. Deputy Director Says

09. September 2026 um 00:13
China’s economic competition with the United States makes Chinese companies a legitimate target, the agency’s deputy director, Michael Ellis, said at a conference.

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Tourists walking out of the Forbidden City in Beijing last week. Michael Ellis, the deputy C.I.A. director, said that China “poses a fundamentally different kind of threat to us because the competition is economic.”

George Cave, C.I.A. Agent With a Role in Iran-Contra, Dies at 97

28. August 2026 um 23:10
He worked throughout the Middle East before joining a secret team that tried to obtain the release of Western hostages in Lebanon in exchange for arms sent to Iran.

Judge Throws Out Key 9/11 Confession as Tainted by Torture

28. August 2026 um 20:42
Prosecutors argued the statements by the defendant, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, were crucial evidence for the eventual death-penalty trial.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, at Guantánamo Bay in January 2022 in a photo provided by his lawyers.

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

27. August 2026 um 21:54
John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret visit to Moscow.

C.I.A. Director Makes Secret Visit to Moscow

25. August 2026 um 18:51
John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow in a military cargo plane from Riga, Latvia. It is not clear whom he met or what the purpose of his trip was.

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Mr. Ratcliffe’s decision to fly on a military aircraft, probably for increased security, drew immediate attention.

Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

20. August 2026 um 23:28
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.

The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.

The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead.

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Recent A.I. advances have roiled the Pentagon and the national security establishment.

C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana

06. August 2026 um 01:30
The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.

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Havana in 2019. The C.I.A.’s action coincides with stepped-up efforts by U.S. intelligence agencies to get a better understanding of the situation on the ground inside Cuba.

An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran’s Defiant Leaders

04. August 2026 um 20:20
Iran’s leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.

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Mourners gathered at Azadi Square in Tehran last month, holding flags during the funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader killed by an airstrike at the beginning of the U.S.-Iran war in February.

James Woolsey, Embattled C.I.A. Director Under Clinton, Dies at 84

23. Juli 2026 um 16:45
He arrived in Washington a conservative Democrat and drifted rightward, supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq and Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential bid.

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R. James Woolsey, the director of central intelligence from 1993 to 1995, held increasingly prestigious government positions over a long career in Washington.

Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.

In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.

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President Donald Trump points to attendees after delivering an address to the nation from the East Room on Thursday night.

Court Blocks Firings of Intelligence Officers Who Worked on Diversity

The C.I.A. and Office of the Director of National Intelligence had tried to fire 19 officers at the beginning of the second Trump administration.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, fired employees at the beginning of the second Trump administration who had previously worked on diversity programs.

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks for Order Forcing Trump Administration to Preserve Records

01. Juli 2026 um 17:34
Lawyers for John O. Brennan said they want the materials saved in anticipation of bringing a vindictive prosecution motion if charges against Mr. Brennan are ultimately filed.

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Almost everything about the inquiries into John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director, has been unorthodox.

C.I.A. Reorganization Prioritizes Cyberoperations

30. Juni 2026 um 21:08
John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said that the agency would take “smart risks,” but that people would have oversight of artificial intelligence.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said the overhaul was an acknowledgment that in the modern world, digital borders are as important as physical borders.

Clash Unfolds as Trump Administration Pushes Intelligence Agencies to Share Foreign Espionage Targets

The clash reflects increasing skepticism of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which has been willing to pursue President Trump’s priorities.

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The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is asking the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. to provide a complete list of counterintelligence agents.

John Stockwell, Who Wrote a Tell-All Book About the C.I.A., Dies at 88

26. Juni 2026 um 20:21
A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress.

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John Stockwell in 1978, the year he published “In Search of Enemies,” his C.I.A. exposé. The New York Times Book Review described it as “an extremely useful account” of the agency’s “political and military failure.”

Trump’s Intelligence Pick Renews Debate: Is the Director of National Intelligence Needed?

19. Juni 2026 um 01:35
The director of national intelligence’s office was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now some lawmakers want to shrink it.

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Tulsi Gabbard, seen at a hearing in March, is stepping down as the director of the office of national intelligence, a role that critics say has become too sprawling.
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