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Ex-C.I.A. Officer Who Stashed Gold Bars Admits to Far Larger $145 Million Scam

06. Oktober 2026 um 21:16
A plea hearing revealed a far larger pattern of fraud against the government, while keeping some key secrets still hidden.

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At the time of his arrest, David J. Rush was at work on highly classified programs for both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.

Judge Throws Out Another Confession in Sept. 11 Case

02. Oktober 2026 um 19:52
Prosecutors have long considered the defendants’ admissions during interrogations in 2007 to be their best evidence.

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An image taken in 2007 of the detention facility at the Guantánamo Naval Station in Cuba.

C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars in Basement Reaches Tentative Plea Deal

David J. Rush was fired from the C.I.A. after the F.B.I. found 303 gold bars in his Virginia home. Officials have said he created a fake classified program to funnel himself millions of dollars.

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The C.I.A. headquarters in Virginia. A court filing did not indicate what charges the former officer might plead to or what punishment he might face.

C.I.A. Releases Intelligence Sent to Clinton and Bush on Al Qaeda Before 9/11 Attacks

11. September 2026 um 21:33
The spy agency released dozens of intelligence documents it had sent to Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, outlining what was known about Al Qaeda.

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Emergency workers retrieved victims following the 1998 Qaeda attack on the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. A document given to President Bill Clinton five weeks before the bombing outlined the group’s intent to attack America.

Trump Loyalist Joseph diGenova Quits ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case

11. September 2026 um 03:01
The inquiry has sought to link disparate criminal inquiries into the president as a multiyear scheme to damage his political prospects.

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Joseph diGenova had been in charge of what Mr. Trump’s allies have often referred to as the “grand conspiracy” case.

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.
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