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CIA website goes down, hackers claim responsibility
Jun 16, 2011 05:35 EDT
BOSTON (Reuters) - The public website of the Central Intelligence Agency went down on Wednesday evening as the hacker group Lulz Security said it had launched an attack.
CIA drone plan in Yemen faces obstacles
Jun 15, 2011 14:27 EDT
LONDON (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to expand the use of CIA-operated drones against militants in Yemen faces obstacles and will take considerable effort to put into full operation, a U.S. official familiar with the plan said.
Pakistan tells CIA chief it sticks to U.S. troop cuts
Jun 11, 2011 20:02 EDT
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's army and intelligence chiefs told CIA Director Leon Panetta they were not willing to reverse a decision to cut the number of U.S. troops allowed in Pakistan, Pakistani military officials said on Saturday.
U.S. intensifying covert war in Yemen: report
Jun 08, 2011 23:12 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has intensified air strikes on suspected militants in Yemen in a bid to keep them from consolidating power as the government in Sanaa teeters, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
Military warns against hasty Afghan drawdown
Jun 07, 2011 17:33 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama plans his initial troop drawdown in Afghanistan, he and his military commanders are offering sharply different takes on how the death of Osama bin Laden will shape the war.
Washington weighs security after "serious" Google allegation
Jun 02, 2011 22:20 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.
Washington weighs security after "serious" Google allegation
Jun 02, 2011 22:20 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.
Washington weighs security after "serious" Google allegation
Jun 02, 2011 22:20 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.
Washington weighs security after "serious" Google allegation
Jun 02, 2011 22:20 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.
U.S. weighs security after "serious" Google allegation
Jun 02, 2011 14:55 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington scrambled on Thursday to assess whether security had been compromised after Google Inc revealed a major hacker attack targeting U.S. officials that the Internet giant pegged to China.
Obama picks warrior-scholar Dempsey for top military job
May 30, 2011 13:07 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Army General Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, as the top U.S. military officer.
Obama picks warrior-scholar Dempsey for top military job
May 30, 2011 13:07 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Army General Martin Dempsey, a warrior-scholar who commanded troops in the Iraq war, as the top U.S. military officer.
Roadside bomb kills eight U.S. troops in Afghanistan
May 26, 2011 18:23 EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - Eight U.S. troops were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Thursday in the deadliest single attack on foreign forces in a month, the U.S. military said.
General Dempsey may become top military officer
May 25, 2011 22:15 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama may pick Army Chief of Staff General Martin Dempsey as the U.S. military's top officer, filling a crucial post that in recent years has served as the main point of contact with Pakistan's military, sources said on Wednesday.
China, U.S. militaries seek greater harmony
May 16, 2011 20:22 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If their bands can make music together, can the U.S. and Chinese militaries strike a better note as well?
China and U.S. grapple with military mistrust
May 13, 2011 17:38 EDT
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The Pentagon next week hosts the highest-level Chinese military visit to the United States since Beijing severed ties between the two armed forces in early 2010 in protest over a $6.3 billion U.S. arms deal with Taiwan.
China, U.S. grapple with military distrust on PLA visit
May 13, 2011 05:05 EDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States next week hold their first top level military-to-military talks since 2009 to try to bring more trust to a relationship overshadowed by weapons sales to Taiwan and unease over the growing reach of Beijing's armed forces.
Special report: Why the U.S. mistrusts Pakistan's spies
May 05, 2011 08:46 EDT
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 2003 or 2004, Pakistani intelligence agents trailed a suspected militant courier to a house in the picturesque hill town of Abbottabad in northern Pakistan.
Afghan Taliban say insufficient evidence bin Laden is dead
May 03, 2011 11:11 EDT
KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they had not seen sufficient evidence yet to convince them that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, their first comment since U.S. officials said the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks was killed in Pakistan.
DNA test on bin Laden show 100 percent match to family
May 02, 2011 12:29 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA tests on the body of Osama bin Laden showed a virtual 100 percent match to relatives, and a woman believed to be his wife also identified him by name, a senior U.S. intelligence official told reporters on Monday.
