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2 injured in CIA raid

April 4, 2013 13:48
Two persons including a police official were injured in exchange of fire during CIA’s raid on a house here Wednesday.According to details CIA police conducted a raid on a house in Kachra road on the outskirts here today. An exchange of fire took place between CIA and proclaimed offender. In exchange of fire a Police official Abdul Qadir and proclaimed offender Allah Noor were injured.

SIUCIA police arrest 189 accused in three months

April 3, 2013 13:50
Special Investigation Unit SIU/CIA Police Karachi on Monday claimed to have arrested 189 accused during different raids and recovered hand grenades, arms, ammunition, snatched cars & bikes and hashish in first three months of 2013. A police report said that SIU/CIA police conducted raids in supervision of SSP SIU/CIA, Muhammad Farooq Awan, and arrested 12 target killers, 11 extortionists, four terrorists, while four criminals, including a extortionist, were killed and a terrorist was injured during encounters with them. According to the report, SIU/CIA police also arrested

Woman appointed to lead CIA's clandestine service

March 27, 2013 18:00
Washington, Mar 27 (EFE).- A woman is the new director of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, or NCS, for the first time in history, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Despite the fact that her identity cannot be revealed due to the nature of the post she occupies, the daily said that she is a veteran agent with broad support within the agency and that she participated in the program of detentions and interrogations by the CIA after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

CIA provides intelligence to Syrian rebels: report

March 23, 2013 02:01
The US Central Intelligence Agency has been feeding information to select rebel fighters in Syria to try to make them more effective against government troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Citing unnamed current and former US officials, the newspaper said the new CIA effort reflected a change in the administration's approach that aims to strengthen secular rebel fighters. The CIA has sent officers to Turkey to help vet rebels who receive arms shipments from Gulf allies, the report said.

Report urges US spies to shift away from Qaeda focus

March 21, 2013 14:31
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. But officials told AFP the intelligence agencies already have adjusted their priorities and moved away from a preoccupation with drone strikes and other counter-terror operations. The Washington Post first reported the findings of President Barack Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board, which issued its secret assessment to the White House last year.

Secret report warns of skewed US intelligence priorities

March 21, 2013 09:31
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. The Washington Post reported that a panel of White House advisors warned President Barack Obama last year that the work of the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency and other US spy services had been distorted by more than a decade of counterterror efforts following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

AFP Americas News Agenda for March 21

March 20, 2013 17:45
Duty Editor: Jim Mannion Tel: + 1 202 414 0541 What's happening in the Americas on Thursday: WASHINGTON: Senior State Department officials testify before a congressional committee on the US "pivot" towards Asia. 1430 GMT. Picture. (US-ASIA-DIPLOMACY) ----- OTHER AGENDA ITEMS ----- LOS ANGELES: Trial of Christian Gerhartsreiter, a German accused of killing his ex-landlord in 1985 and passing himself off as a member of the storied Rockefeller family. Coverage on merit. File Picture. (US-CRIME-MURDER-GERMAN)

FBI says budget cuts threaten counterterrorism ops

March 19, 2013 20:31
FBI director Robert Mueller warned Tuesday that the sharp budget cuts affecting all US agencies, including the federal police force, threaten crucial counter-terrorist operations. The FBI boss, speaking before a House of Representatives committee, said that the $550 million in cuts over the next seven months until the end of the fiscal year will mean, among other things, leaving 2,200 vacant positions unfilled. "The personnel are our resources, they are the FBI," he told lawmakers.

As drone monopoly frays, Obama seeks global rules

March 17, 2013 02:45
By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as China and other countries pursue their own drone programs. The United States was the first to use unmanned aircraft fitted with missiles to kill militant suspects in the years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington.

CIA may target Syrian extremists with drones: report

March 16, 2013 00:15
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 late Friday. Citing unnamed current and former US officials, the newspaper said President Barack Obama had not authorized any drone missile strikes in Syria yet, and none were under consideration.
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