Report Reveals Brutal CIA Interrogation Based On Bogus Intel
The Agency was convinced Janat Gul knew of a plot to launch terror attacks against the 2004 presidential election, but he couldn't have known. The plot was fiction. His interrogators were ordered to torture him even after they came to believe he knew nothing.
CIA Says It Policed Its Interrogators, Referred 20 Cases Of Wrongdoing
Internal efforts by the CIA to police its controversial interrogation program will be a key part of defense against Senate report detailing alleged abuses.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Resigns
It's the first cabinet-level departure since Democrats lost the Senate in the midterm elections. He will remain in his post until his replacement is confirmed.
Top NSA Surveillance Official Is A Multimillionaire
NSA bureaucrat Teresa Shea and her intelligence-contractor husband are worth at least $3 million, records show. She ran controversial surveillance programs for years and recused herself last year from decisions about her husband’s employer.
Exclusive: Shakeup At NSA After BuzzFeed News Reports On Potential Conflict Of Interest
Top National Security Agency official Teresa Shea is leaving her position after BuzzFeed News reported on her and her husband’s financial interests. The move comes as the NSA faces more questions about the business dealings of its former director Keith Alexander, and potential ethics conflicts. This post has been updated to include a response from the NSA.
Exclusive: Key NSA Official Has Another Business At Her Home
Powerful National Security Agency official registered “electronics” business at her home before her husband set up intelligence business there, BuzzFeed News finds. Her company owns a plane and a condo.
Wife: NSA Official. Husband: Exec At Firm Seeming To Do Or Seek Business With NSA
NSA: It's secret.
There Will Be Blood: ISIS Is Trying To Finance Its Caliphate With Oil
The ISIS offensive that provoked U.S. airstrikes may have been aimed at winning oil fields. The militant group is "among the wealthiest terrorist groups on the planet," says a U.S. intelligence official.
How A One-Time Pig Peddler Helped The U.S. Flood War Zones With Guns
The U.S. government is one of the world’s biggest buyers of AK-47s and other Soviet bloc weapons, which it has poured into Afghanistan, Iraq, and other hot spots. An exclusive look at a strange string of U.S.-backed arms deals.
Where Are The Guns The U.S. Gave To Afghanistan?
Special Inspector General's report says the Pentagon gave hundreds of thousands of rifles, machine guns, and other small arms to the Afghan police and army. But now the military can't track who has them.
Exclusive: Inside The Other Bergdahl Negotiations
A private $10 million cash ransom deal was in the works before the five Gitmo prisoners were handed over.
Ahmad Chalabi, Who Conned America Into War, Now Aims To Lead Iraq
George W. Bush’s man in Iraq tries to take over — this time under Obama.
Exclusive: U.S. Navy SEAL Smuggled 10 Kilos Of Cocaine Into Miami
A Navy commando who worked on counter-narcotics missions pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy. He had his wife carry the suitcase of cocaine from the plane — but she left it behind.
Exclusive: U.S. Taxpayers To Spend $400,000 For A Camel Sculpture In Pakistan
A camel staring at the eye of a needle would decorate a new American embassy — in a country where the average income yearly is $1,250.
Former Cisco Execs Allege Vast Kickback Scheme In Russia
As the U.S. confronts Putin over Crimea, federal investigators probe whether an American company enriched Russian officials.
Exclusive: For A New Type Of Targeted Killing, Yemenis And Americans May Co-Pilot Crop Dusters Armed With Missiles
The new program could put more of a Yemeni face on killings that have been carried out by U.S. drones.