Tag: CIA
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Trump angry with US govt over open borders asks CIA to intervene
The incoming President of the United States (US), Donald Trump has heavily criticized what he described as a national crisis stemming from open borders and ineffective leadership of the current US Government. In a post issued on Friday, Trump accused the Democratic Party and federal agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal…
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Wagner mutiny: Russian spy chief admits speaking with CIA director
TT he head of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, said he spoke with the director of the CIA days after the brief uprising by Wagner mercenary soldiers. The hour-long conversation at the end of June with CIA Directorhe head of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, said he spoke with the director of…
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‘Obasanjo was really a CIA stooge’ – Seun Kuti reveals
Seun Kuti, son of Afro-Beat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has revealed that former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, was a stooge of Central Intelligence Agency, CIA while serving as Nigeria’s military ruler. Obasanjo served as a military ruler between 975 and 1979.
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Trump’s CIA nominee sought to withdraw over interrogation role
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, sought to withdraw over concerns about her role in the agency’s interrogation program, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. Sources said Haspel’s offer to withdraw on Friday was prompted by growing concern among her supporters that White House staff were becoming…
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Ex-Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega dies
Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega, who spied for the CIA before his drug trafficking and brutal regime sparked a U.S. invasion in 1989, has died aged 83. President Juan Carlos Varela announced Noriega’s death on Twitter late on Monday, and said his passing marked the closing of a chapter in Panama’s history. Noriega, who ruled…
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Kushner, Trump’s adviser sought bug-proof line to Moscow
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof communications line with the Kremlin, the Washington Post reported Friday evening. Kushner, then and now a close adviser to Trump, went so far as to suggest using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States to…
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US intelligence chiefs doubt Kaspersky potency after WannaCry ransomware attack
Top US intelligence chiefs on Thursday publicly expressed doubts about global cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Labs because of its roots in Russia. Six leading intelligence officials told a Senate hearing on external threats to the United States of their concerns over the firm’s broad presence, without specifying any particular threat. Asked if he was aware of…