March 19, 2021 Burns confirmed as CIA director as US faces diverse threats Without opposition, the Senate confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns as CIA director on Thursday, giving him control of the nation's premier spy agency as the U.S. government confronts threats from China, Russia, Iran and elsewhere.
March 18, 2021 Gina Haspel: What to know about the CIA's first female director Gina Haspel, the first female director of the Central Intelligence Agency, guided “the company” under former President Trump.
March 16, 2021 Ex-Marine released from Iranian jail in 2016 fights espionage claims After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million in compensation from a special U.S. government fund.
February 26, 2021 Rep. Chris Stewart: Biden team's terrifying plan to spy on Americans – here's why we must stop this abuse With the White House now suggesting they will turn the resources of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) inward to conduct domestic surveillance, they seek the power to covertly target and retaliate against political opponents, potentially silencing dissent.
February 10, 2021 Peter Hoekstra: Intel community to target Americans? Here's what we must do to safeguard liberties The issue on where to draw the line on the massive surveillance powers of the Intelligence Community and its use domestically requires profound consideration even in the heat of this current political moment.
February 6, 2021 Official tasked with briefing Biden reportedly defended CIA’s false intel about torture effectiveness The CIA official in charge of overseeing President Biden’s daily intelligence briefing reportedly lead a standoff between the CIA and the Senate Intelligence Committee.
February 2, 2021 Pakistan orders man acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder off death row Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a so-called government “safe house."
January 22, 2021 William Burns: What to know about Biden's CIA director pick Burns has worked with presidents from both parties and has held a number of diplomatic roles prior to his nomination.
January 12, 2021 CIA releases UFO ‘Black Vault’ documents early: How to see them online By way of the Freedom of Information Act, thousands of the CIA documents on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) — or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), as the government calls them — are now accessible via download at the Black Vault, a website operated by author and podcaster John Greenwald Jr.
January 12, 2021 Lindsey Graham praises Biden's CIA director pick Bill Burns: 'I have known him for years' Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., praised President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for CIA director on Monday.