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The CIA chief arrived in Israel on Thursday amid growing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem
Qatar paid more than $10 mn to a company staffed by former CIA operatives in an attempt to silence criticism from head of German soccer against the wealthy Arab nation's hosting of 2022 World Cup.
A US National Academy of Sciences panel found that the most plausible theory is that 'directed, pulsed radio frequency energy' causes the syndrome
US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced William J Burns as his nominee for Director of the CIA. A career diplomat, who served in the US Foreign Service for 33 years and also served in a number of national security positions across five Democratic and Republican presidential administrations, is currently president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States. Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the world stage keeping our people and our country safe and secure, Biden said in a statement. Burns is a consummate professional full of integrity who will bring the facts and independence that our national security demands, the transition said. Whether its cyber attacks emanating from Moscow, the challenge China poses, or the threat we face from terrorists and other non-state actors, he has the experience and skill to marshal efforts across government and around the world to ensure
It has been alleged that Sabrina De Sousa played a role in the American intelligence agency's abduction of an Egyptian cleric in 2003