Topic: Espionage and Intelligence
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Miss USA 2013: Top 6 Questions & Answers (+video)
The Miss USA pageant doesn't ask contestants to perform a talent or support a charity. But it does ask some challenging questions of its contestants. What did the celebrity judges ask the final six contestants – and how did the women answer?
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NSA surveillance 101: What US intelligence agencies are doing, what they know
US intelligence agencies are gathering massive amounts of US telephone calling data and social media data on both foreigners and citizens. Here are seven questions and answers about what is known so far.
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Opinion 4 factors to consider in US options for North Korea
North Korea has captured global attention with its provocative behavior in recent months. What will Kim Jong-un do next? Here are four factors to consider when thinking through US options on North Korea.
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Six countries where Edward Snowden could get asylum
Edward Snowden, the contractor identified as the source of leaks about the US electronic surveillance program, may face extradition to the US wherever he goes. Here are six places that have proven that extradition to the US isn't easy.
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Opinion 4 ways Obama should work with US business to combat China’s cyberspying
If the US wishes to stop this Chinese economic cyber-espionage, a true public-private partnership is needed. Here are four ways President Obama should work with US business to combat Chinese cyberspying.
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Decoder Wire Gary Brooks Faulkner: Was 'American ninja' working for CIA?
Gary Brooks Faulkner, the man arrested in the hinterlands of Pakistan who says he was hunting Osama bin Laden, seems to have more in common with Chuck Norris movies than with any US intelligence activity.
06/16/2010 01:20 pm -
Gary Brooks Faulkner: quixotic bounty hunter, secret agent, or hero?
Gary Brooks Faulkner was detained in Pakistan Tuesday, and is undergoing psychological tests today. He said he was there to assassinate Osama bin Laden. Some Pakistanis wondered if he was working for the US government or Blackwater. His brother defended him as a 'man on a mission.'
06/16/2010 12:28 pm -
Gary Brooks Faulkner: 'American ninja' hunting Osama bin Laden
Gary Brooks Faulkner, a California construction worker, was detained in Pakistan carrying a sword, a pistol, and night vision goggles. He was hunting for Osama bin Laden near Chitral, Pakistan. Was Faulkner on the right track?
06/15/2010 01:09 pm -
Hostages freed ahead of Colombia election runoff
Three high-level hostages were freed in a surprise jungle raid this weekend, boosting the campaign of conservative presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos just days before the Colombia election runoff.
06/14/2010 01:51 pm -
The Most Dangerous Place
A reporter explores Pakistan’s border region and argues that it holds the key to a peaceful resolution in Afghanistan.
06/10/2010 12:41 pm -
Soldier arrested in WikiLeaks classified Iraq video case
Army Spc. Bradley Manning has been arrested in connection with the April release of classified footage of a US helicopter mistakenly shooting Iraqi civilians to website WikiLeaks.
06/07/2010 04:39 pm -
World Cup stampede renews concern over South Africa's preparedness
Sunday's World Cup stampede during a friendly between Nigeria and North Korea injured more than a dozen people, but officials say this will not be a problem at any of the tournament's official matches.
06/07/2010 10:36 am -
Key lawmakers resist Obama's pick of Clapper as intelligence chief
Retired Air Force Gen. James Clapper has plenty of experience in the intelligence bureaucracy. But key lawmakers aren't happy with Obama's pick to be Director of National Intelligence.
06/05/2010 05:46 pm -
Terrorism & Security US defends unmanned drone attacks after harsh UN report
UN special rapporteur Philip Alston on Wednesday called for a halt to US unmanned drone attacks, which he called a path to a 'Playstation' mentality towards killing.
06/03/2010 12:51 pm -
Cool Astronomy Amateur astronomers track the US Air Force's top secret X-37B space plane
Launched by the US Air Force on April 22 from Cape Canaveral, the top-secret X-37B space plane has been spotted, photographed, and tracked by amateur satellite watchers.
05/26/2010 01:32 pm -
Now that the X-37B space plane is spotted, what is its mission?
Amateur astronomers say they have found the X-37B in an orbit that takes it over Afghanistan and Iraq. A former Air Force missile officer offers up four possible uses for the space plane – and weapon is least likely.
05/25/2010 06:38 pm -
Intelligence director Dennis Blair knew his days were numbered
Dennis Blair knew for months that his tenure would be coming to a close.
05/21/2010 01:09 pm -
Intelligence director Dennis Blair takes fall for Christmas bomber
Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, will resign effective May 28. The Senate Intelligence Committee this week heavily criticized his agency's handling of recent terror incidents, including the Christmas bomber.
05/20/2010 09:25 pm -
Clutching flowers, American mothers visit detained US hikers in Iran
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal were briefly let out of Evin prison to visit their mothers in a Tehran hotel. The mothers want to bring their children home, but Iran may be waiting for a prisoner swap with the US.
05/20/2010 11:21 am -
CIA chief briefs Pakistan on Times Square terrorism suspect
CIA director briefed Pakistani officials on the Times Square terror suspect, Faisal Shahzad, who appeared in court on Tuesday.
05/19/2010 12:44 pm -
Aliens beware: Will Smith is back in Men in Black III (in 3D)
Will Smith will return in Men in Black III and this one will be done in 3D. Bonus: Steven Spielberg will executive produce.
05/09/2010 10:45 pm -
Where in Pakistan did Faisal Shahzad learn bomb-making skills?
Jihadi training camps in Pakistan – like the one Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad said he attended – have taught bombmaking and other skills to militants since the 1980s.
05/05/2010 10:47 am -
Times Square car bomb: Pakistan holds family of alleged attacker
Pakistani officials have detained members of Faisal Shahzad's family In the wake of what they say was Shahzad's failed attempt to detonate a Times Square car bomb. Intelligence officials in Pakistan say the suspect recently spent about four months in Peshawar, a city on the Afghanistan border close to militant training camps.
05/04/2010 04:34 pm -
Opinion Cyberattacks: Washington is hyping the threat to justify regulating the Internet
Networks have been under attack -- and successfully handled by operators -- as long as they’ve been around. Be wary of calls for more government supervision of the Internet.
04/29/2010 02:31 pm -
Decoder Wire Long after cold war, artists' paintings of Soviet weapons remain
During the cold war, Defense Intelligence Agency artists painted pictures of Soviet missiles and helicopters to build support for defense spending. That program is gone, but the paintings remain at a Smithsonian museum.
04/29/2010 02:29 pm -
Terrorism & Security Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is alive: spy agency
While presumed killed in a drone strike in January, Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud is in fact alive, according to a senior intelligence official in Islamabad. It may set back the US drone program.
04/29/2010 09:16 am -
X37b space plane launch: first in Air Force's busy space year
The successful X-37 space plane launch Thursday evening improves the Air Force's access to space, officials say, but its mission is being kept secret.
04/23/2010 02:57 pm -
Terrorism & Security Interrogation of Afghanistan Taliban's No. 2 yields useful intel, US says
US-Pakistani interrogation of the Afghanistan Taliban's No. 2 Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar are yielding useful intelligence, the US says. Militants say they want his release or they will kill three hostages, including a British filmmaker and two former Pakistani intelligence officials.
04/21/2010 09:09 am -
Iraq announces deaths of two senior Al Qaeda leaders
Iraq said Monday it had killed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, allegedly two of the most senior members of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The US said DNA testing had confirmed their deaths.
04/19/2010 01:42 pm -
Classic review: The Ghost
In "The Ghost," a prime minister's ghostwriter stumbles across some deadly secrets.
04/18/2010 11:00 am
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