Weekend 101: The Love Pentagon

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16 Nov 2012 13:06
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US Afghanistan general linked to Petraeus sex scandal

US Afghanistan general linked to Petraeus sex scandal

13 Nov 2012 10:48 - Dan De Luce
A US commander in Afghanistan apparently sent "inappropriate" emails to a woman linked to the sex scandal involving ex-CIA director David Petraeus.
Mystery second woman tied to CIA chief's downfall

Mystery second woman tied to CIA chief's downfall

11 Nov 2012 19:25 - Dan De Luce
The plot surrounding the shock resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus thickened on Sunday.
CIA director resigns over extra-marital affair

CIA director resigns over extra-marital affair

10 Nov 2012 07:29 - Reuters
CIA Director David Petraeus has resigned as head of the US spy agency, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and "showed poor judgment."

Applauding the killing of a scientist should scare us all

21 Jan 2012 11:36 - Staff Reporter
Deaths of five Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010 a cause for concern.
US fails to show up for its Taliban party

US fails to show up for its Taliban party

20 Jan 2012 00:00 - Julian Borger
US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.

Teen arrested for Lulz hack attacks

21 Jun 2011 16:28 - Danny Kemp
UK police working with the FBI have arrested a teenager in connection with attacks by the Lulz hacker group on the CIA, the US Senate and Sony.
Pakistan arrests CIA's Bin Laden informants

Pakistan arrests CIA's Bin Laden informants

15 Jun 2011 07:58 - Staff Reporter
Pakistan's spy agency has arrested CIA informants who fed information to the US spy agency before the raid last month which killed Osama bin Laden.

No evidence that torture helped search

06 May 2011 11:44 - Staff Reporter
A debate over the use of torture techniques to interrogate terrorist suspects has broken out in America in the wake of the killing of Bin Laden.

Italy convicts 23 US agents in CIA kidnapping trial

05 Nov 2009 08:30 - Gina Doggett
An Italian judge convicted 23 United States and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.

CIA memo details procedures for breaking detainees

27 Aug 2009 13:21 -
Sleep deprivation, "insult slaps", water dousing and slamming a detainee's head against a wall were techniques used by CIA interrogators.

CIA terror link puts Blackwater under fire again

23 Aug 2009 06:00 - Staff Reporter
Notorious in Iraq and Afghanistan -- now Erik Prince's security firm faces new claims of secret assassination contracts

US close to investigating alleged abuses by CIA

10 Aug 2009 08:50 - Staff Reporter
The Obama administration is close to appointing a special criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged abuses by the CIA of prisoners.

CIA blamed for Scorpions, Aids

12 Aug 2008 15:21 - Giordano Stolley
Britain's MI5 and the United States's CIA are the masters of the Scorpions, a public hearing into their dissolution heard in Durban on Tuesday.

Pakistan to 'weed out' Taliban sympathisers

02 Aug 2008 07:32 - Staff Reporter
Pakistan promises to "weed out" elements sympathetic to the Taliban after claims of link between intelligence service and Afghan bombing.