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Senate Rejects Obama's Choice of El Salvador Ambassador

Senate Republicans Monday blocked Mari Carmen Aponte, President Obama's choice to be ambassador to El Salvador, stating there were unresolved questions about whether Cuban intelligence officials tried to recruit her as a spy in the 1990s.

Crash of U.S Drone Unmasks Its Spying Efforts in Iran

U.S. RQ-170 unmanned spy plane in Iran.
The crash of a CIA drone in Iran has brought into the open what U.S. intelligence agencies would prefer to have kept secret: intense spying efforts in a country where the United States has no official presence.
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Exclusive: U.S. Defense Firms Blast Pentagon on Contract Changes

Over 100 U.S. aerospace and defense industry executives are urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to hold off on proposed changes to Pentagon contracts with industry, warning they would dampen competition, raise costs and lead to further layoffs at a difficult time.
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'You Can't Keep Snakes in Your Backyard': U.S. to Pakistan

In a blunt message to Pakistan, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on Friday, demanded greater cooperation to help squeeze the Haqqani network responsible for attacks in Afghanistan, saying Islamabad could not keep snakes in its backyard to strike its neighbours.
U.S. - Pakistan Diplomacy

Clinton Issues Blunt Directive to Pakistan

The United States, in perhaps its strongest language since the war on terrorism started 10 years ago, warned Pakistan that it would face serious consequences if it continued to tolerate safe havens for extremist organizations that kill Americans.
William Colby (R) and President Gerald Ford and his Cabinet and Colby Family are pictured in the Oval Office at the White House as Colby receives the National Security Medal

Film looks at life of ex-spymaster William Colby

When the body of former CIA director William Colby was found underwater near his vacation home in Rockpoint, Maryland 15 years ago, no one suspected murder, but his son Carl Colby has never ruled it out.
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Joint NYPD, CIA Muslim Spying Program Investigated

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching an investigation into whether CIA agents broke the law by helping New York police officers monitor minorities and cultivate informants in Muslim communities.
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9/11 Memorial: U.S. Continues to Urge Caution

With the nation reaching the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack, the United States has moved to a heightened state of alert: government officials have been trying to strike a balance between recommending caution and stirring up unnecessary fear.
U.S. Foreign Policy

Opinion: Did Osama Bin Laden Succeed?

The United States has killed the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, Osama bin Laden. But in engaging in two costly wars, did the U.S. do much of what bin Laden wanted the U.S. to do?
Thomas Hammarberg

No CIA Black Sites Here, Says Romania

[Romania] has no information whatsoever showing that there existed secret CIA detention centers on its territory, the Foreign Ministry stated, responding to allegations that the country hosted secret black sites, where terror suspects were tortured.

Petraeus Sworn Into Top Post at CIA

After a famous 37-year army career that included leading the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan and Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus has been sworn in as director of the CIA.

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