CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Edward Snowden is missing after leaving his Hong Kong hotel, while Wikileaks' Julian Assange declared support for the NSA “whistle-blower.”

For decades, security has trumped privacy nearly every time, but there is a way back to public accountability and Bill of Rights protections.

Booz Allen says NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden worked for the company less than three months before leaking NSA documents to the press.

Government officials say the PRISM surveillance program aided in the capture of a would-be subway bomber. Some journalists are skeptical.

Quality of life for elderly Chinese is abysmally low compared to that of the elderly in the U.S. and U.K.

Seven Taliban militants disguised as policemen attacked a government building, raising concerns of spreading Taliban influence.

The U.S. has by far the greatest variety of military drones in the world. Check out the other 59 countries that also possess military drones.

Ryan Fogle, who was apprehended Tuesday morning, is the latest high-profile case involving Russia and spies in the post Cold-War era.

Several Arab governments have been colluding with the CIA since early 2012 to smuggle guns into Syria.

Very few French citizens, an estimated 5 percent of the country, regularly attend Mass.

The Senate confirmed John Brennan as CIA director after Democrats successfully cleared a hurdle set up by Rand Paul.

The Republican senator took the lead on the issue of drones and civil liberties, while Democrats kept mum.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who had crossed several borders to evade capture, was nabbed by CIA agents last week.

The Nazi dictator doesn't appear often in speeches at the U.S. Senate, but he made an appearance in a flibuster by the Kentucky Republican.

Brennan's nomination now heads to the full Senate for consideration as CIA director.

The U.S. Justice Department says the CIA has seven more photographs of Osama bin Laden's corpse, but it won't release them.

Israel reportedly had a prisoner so secret that he was never referred to by name and any media reports of “Prisoner X” were immediately discredited. In an upcoming Australian program, the identity of Prisoner X is revealed as an Aussie citizen who was a Mossad agent.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham urges his fellow senators to block voting on the two nominees. It may not be a good idea.

Mounting privacy concerns led Seattle's mayor to order the police to return its drones to the manufacturer.

Brennan's promises of transparency while "optimizing secrecy" is the best we can hope for if he is confirmed to head the CIA.

Protesters forced lawmakers to temporarily recess within minutes of Brennan's opening statements.