16/01/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Secret surveillance court judges oppose reform ideas
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court jurists are all against a presidential task force's ideas for increasing transparency and oversight.
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30/03/2013 | En Parrilla
Candidate to lead CIA Clandestine Service stirs controversy
The woman, who remains undercover, ran a secret 'black site' prison abroad and later approved the destruction of videos of brutal interrogations, officials say.
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03/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Congress keeps closer watch on CIA drone strikes
Intelligence committee staffers review videos and report back, but critics still fear too many civilians may be dying in Pakistan and Yemen.
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10/05/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Al Qaeda bomb plot was foiled by double agent
Saudi Arabia's intelligence agency and the CIA used an informant to infiltrate an Al Qaeda cell in Yemen and take its upgraded bomb, officials say.
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06/10/2011 | En Parrilla
U.S. lawmakers demand action over alleged China cyber attacks
Several call on the Obama administration to respond to the 'blatant' pursuit of American commercial and defense secrets.
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30/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. counter-terrorism strategy to rely on surgical strikes, unmanned drones
The Obama administration has concluded in a newly released counter-terrorism strategy that precision strikes and raids, rather than large land wars, are the most effective way to defeat Al Qaeda.
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30/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. counter-terrorism strategy to rely on surgical strikes, unmanned drones
The Obama administration has concluded in a newly released counter-terrorism strategy that precision strikes and raids, rather than large land wars, are the most effective way to defeat Al Qaeda.
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17/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. risks wasting billions more in Afghanistan aid, report says
U.S. officials had pledged to improve the aid program begun by the George W. Bush administration. But pouring more money into Afghanistan has only undermined the counterinsurgency effort against the Taliban, analysts say.
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17/06/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
U.S. risks wasting billions more in Afghanistan aid, report says
U.S. officials had pledged to improve the aid program begun by the George W. Bush administration. But pouring more money into Afghanistan has only undermined the counterinsurgency effort against the Taliban, analysts say.
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12/04/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - CIA has slashed its terrorism interrogation role
The agency has stopped trying to detain or interrogate suspects caught abroad, except those captured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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29/03/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Virtual war a real threat
The U.S. is vulnerable to a cyber attack, with its electrical grids, pipelines, chemical plants and other infrastructure designed without security in mind. Some say not enough is being done to protect the country.
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25/07/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US - Intelligence nominee's contractor ties draw scrutiny
Obama's pick as national intelligence director has woven between federal work and jobs with private contractors. Congress is asking whether the next intelligence chief should rein in outsourcing.
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