Espionage and Intelligence
Report urges US spies to shift away from Qaeda focus
Mar 21, 2013 14:30 EDT
A panel of advisors has warned the White House that US spy agencies are too focused on targeting Al-Qaeda militants and need to devote more attention to other threats, a US official said Thursday.
Secret report warns of skewed US intelligence priorities
Mar 21, 2013 09:31 EDT
White House advisors have warned that US spy agencies are too focused on anti-terror operations and pay inadequate attention to China, the Middle East and other flashpoints, a news report said Thursday.
Saudi arrests 18 spies including Iranian: ministry
Mar 19, 2013 15:57 EDT
The Saudi authorities have arrested 18 suspected spies, including an Iranian and a Lebanese, on charges of espionage for a foreign country, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Turkey's 'secret-keeper': spy chief Hakan Fidan
Mar 18, 2013 16:41 EDT
The head of Turkish intelligence, Hakan Fidan, is the driving force behind the state's clandestine peace talks with a jailed Kurdish rebel chief that aim to end a bloody three-decade insurgency.
US has 'opaque' picture of Syria rebels: top general
Mar 18, 2013 16:30 EDT
The United States is struggling to track a fragmented Syrian opposition and has found it increasingly difficult to get a clear picture of rebel factions, the US military's top officer said Monday.
Islamist military men on trial for Sudan plot: lawyer
Mar 17, 2013 13:44 EDT
A military trial has begun in Sudan for hardcore Islamist officers who allegedly plotted to destabilise the regime late last year, a lawyer said on Sunday.
North Korea has missile that can reach US: lawmaker
Mar 17, 2013 12:55 EDT
Nuclear-armed North Korea has a ballistic missile that could hit the United States, the leading lawmaker on the US House of Representatives intelligence committee warned Sunday.
CIA may target Syrian extremists with drones: report
Mar 16, 2013 00:10 EDT
The US Central Intelligence Agency is collecting information on Islamic radicals in Syria for possible lethal drone strikes against them at a later stage, The Los Angeles Times reported.
US court rebukes CIA over secrecy on drone war
Mar 15, 2013 14:30 EDT
A federal court ruled Friday the CIA can no longer refuse to confirm or deny whether it has records related to drone strikes, in a blow to the government's secrecy over the bombing campaign.
US spies learning lessons from Iraq WMD disaster
Mar 15, 2013 07:23 EDT
US spy agencies still live under the shadow of disastrous intelligence failures that paved the way for the Iraq war, and now face a crucial test as they track Iran's nuclear program.
Huge truck bomb plot foiled in Kabul: spy agency
Mar 15, 2013 04:39 EDT
Afghanistan's intelligence agency said Friday that it had foiled a massive truck bomb plot in which 7,800 kilogrammes of explosives could have wiped out an area of Kabul.
Syria plans to use chemical arms: Israel intel chief
Mar 14, 2013 11:48 EDT
Israel's military intelligence chief on Thursday said the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has contingency plans to use chemical weapons as it battles insurgents.
Obama adds voice to accusations of China hacking
Mar 13, 2013 19:52 EDT
President Barack Obama entered the fray Wednesday on cyber attacks from China, saying some intrusions affecting US firms and infrastructure were "state sponsored."
Ecuadorian minister visits Assange in London embassy
Mar 13, 2013 11:20 EDT
An Ecuadorian minister said on Wednesday that Julian Assange was in "good spirits" after visiting the WikiLeaks founder inside Ecuador's embassy in London.
Coca-Cola accused of illegal mapping in China
Mar 13, 2013 07:45 EDT
US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is "cooperating fully" with Chinese authorities on allegations that it illegally mapped part of a southwestern province as part of its distribution operations, it said Wednesday.
US spy chief warns of cyber danger, N.Korea threat
Mar 12, 2013 21:50 EDT
Spy chief James Clapper warned Tuesday that the United States faces an array of new security threats around the world, from crippling cyber attacks to a "belligerent" nuclear-armed North Korea.
Secret tape of US private in WikiLeaks case released
Mar 12, 2013 17:09 EDT
A group pressing for more open government Tuesday flouted a military ban and released a secret recording of testimony by US Army private Bradley Manning, accused of leaking a mass of classified files.
US spy agencies more pessimistic on Afghan war
Mar 12, 2013 14:25 EDT
After 12 long years of war in Afghanistan the best US intelligence can say is that a reslient Taliban is "diminished in some areas," spy agencies said Tuesday in a notably pessimistic report.
North Korea places South island in crosshairs
Mar 12, 2013 13:13 EDT
North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to "wipe out" a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire Tuesday from US sanctions and UN charges of gross rights abuses.
N.Korea nuclear strike only if survival threatened: US
Mar 12, 2013 11:44 EDT
North Korea would likely only use nuclear weapons if it perceived a threat to its survival, but the United States remains uncertain how Pyongyang would define such a threat, the US intelligence chief said Tuesday.
