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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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US intelligence stories: 14 news summaries

 UN Nuclear Agency Blasts 
 Iran Stonewalling 

ElBaradei sees investigation at 'dead end'

5 hours, 52 minutes ago
(Newser) - The United Nations’ nuclear agency had unusually harsh words for Iran today, saying its investigation into Tehran’s nuclear program was at “a dead end” after more than a year of stonewalling. Ahead of a vote on a resolution criticizing Iran for failing to disclose a uranium enrichment plant,... More »

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Iran • United Nations • nuclear weapons • International Atomic Energy Agency • US intelligence • Mohamed ElBaradei • Iranian nuclear program

Pakistani Intelligence Sheltering Taliban Leader

Mullah Omar hiding in Karachi: US sources

Nov 20, 09 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan’s intelligence service is secretly sheltering the Taliban’s top leader, US intelligence sources tell the Washington Times —helping Mullah Omar escape from the town of Quetta, along the Afghanistan border, to the port city of Karachi, deep within Pakistan. The sources say Mullah Omar is leading a... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Karachi • US intelligence • Mullah Omar • Pakistan intelligence services

US Threatens
to Limit Intel Sharing With UK

... if British courts release details on Guantanamo abuse

May 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration says it will cut down on intelligence sharing with the UK if British courts reveal details on the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee, the Washington Times reports. In a letter to the British Foreign Office, the administration says that releasing a report on the treatment of... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • United Kingdom • US intelligence • Britain • Obama administration • British Intelligence • Binyam Mohamed • Jay-ZTV

US Dominance 'Fading Fast'
as Global Upheaval Looms


Report predicts increasingly unstable world future as wealth and power shift

Nov 21, 08 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - US intelligence agencies believe the next 20 years will be the twilight of America's global dominance, the Times of London reports. A report from the National Intelligence Council paints a bleak future of an increasingly unstable world in which new powers and alliances emerge as competition for dwindling resources heats... More »

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America • US intelligence • global economy • USA • intelligence agencies

Kim Jong-Il Had a 2nd Stroke:
Japanese TV

Report suggests that North Korea leader could be incapacitated

Nov 11, 08 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Uncertainty grew this morning about the health of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Il after a Japanese television station reported that he has suffered a second stroke, Reuters reports. The claim came from a source connected to an American intelligence agency, but South Korean officials rejected the assertion. North Korea... More »

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North Korea • South Korea • US intelligence • stroke • Kim Jong Il

Al-Qaeda's Top Web Sites Disappear

Militants experiencing technical difficulties since hacker attack

Oct 18, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - All but one of al-Qaeda’s main message boards have disappeared, the Washington Post reports, and militants seem unable to get them back online. All five major al-Qaeda portals went down September 10, putting the kibosh on the group’s much-hyped Sept. 11 anniversary video. Only one of the... More »

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Internet • propaganda • jihad • forums • message boards • US intelligence • hackers • al-Qaeda

US Able to Delay Al Qaeda's Annual 9/11 Tape a Week

Intelligence efforts to infiltrate terror group's networks appears to pay off

Sep 19, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Qaeda’s commemoration of the Sept. 11 terror attacks came a bit later than usual this year, ABC News reports, as US intelligence services were able to block the group's annual propaganda video from making the Internet rounds until today. Sources said Germany and Malaysia helped keep the extremist... More »

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Afghanistan • propaganda • Germany • US intelligence • Osama bin Laden • Malaysia • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks

Bush, Advisers Misled US
on Iraq: Senate Report

Dem-led committee blasts administration; Republicans dismiss 'partisan exercise'

Jun 5, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration distorted facts in justifying the invasion of Iraq and overstated Saddam Hussein’s links to al-Qaeda, a long-delayed report from the Senate intelligence committee concludes. Bush and his advisers also ignored doubts about Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction in constructing their case for military... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Saddam Hussein • September 11 • Senate Intelligence Committee • US intelligence • WMD • John D. Rockefeller • weapons of mass destruction • al-Qaeda • Iraq war

Iraq Profitable Business for Bush's Ex-Spies

Armitage, Tenet, Black cash in on outsourcing of intelligence

May 29, 08 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Armitage rarely saw eye-to-eye with the Bush administration on the Iraq war, but these days he may be more sanguine. That’s because Armitage has profited handsomely from his own national security consulting firm, as well stakes in a dozen private defense and intelligence companies that do business with... More »

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intelligence spending • US intelligence • security contractors • George J. Tenet • Iraq contractors • Richard Armitage

Rebel's Files Show Chávez Aided FARC

Laptops point to arms deals, training accords with Colombian rebels

May 9, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A cache of computer files found on a dead Colombian guerrilla leader's laptops implicates Hugo Chávez in arms deals with the FARC rebels. The Wall Street Journal reports that Colombian and American intelligence agencies, which came into possession of about 100 files, have no doubt of their authenticity. Both... More »

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Venezuela • Colombia • US intelligence • Interpol • FARC • Hugo Chávez • Ingrid Betancourt

Afghanistan Is Out of Control: Intel Chief

Karzai controls just 30% of country, Taliban 10%, tribal leaders the rest

Feb 29, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The 6-year NATO campaign in Afghanistan is failing, the US intelligence chief told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week. Mike McConnell said Harmid Karzai’s US-backed government controls only about 30% of the country, with the Taliban holding another 10%, and the rest under tribal rule. Security, meanwhile, is... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Robert Gates • Hamid Karzai • US intelligence • Mike McConnell • Senate Armed Services Committee

Turkey Hits Kurds With
Air Strikes

Claims rebels suffer 'heavy losses'
but no fatalities

Dec 22, 07 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Turkey bombed Kurdish rebel targets in Northern Iraq today, claiming strikes on "infrastructure" but no fatalities, the BBC reports. Ten planes reportedly attacked the al-Amadiyah region, which Kurdish officials say is abandoned for fear of military strikes. Turkish officials said the militant PKK "suffered heavy losses in terms... More »

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Turkey • United States • US intelligence • PKK • Northern Iraq

Turkish Air Strikes Target Kurdish Rebels

Attack inside northern Iraq the first since US invasion

Dec 16, 07 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Turkey launched its first air strike since 2003 on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq early this morning, targeting a mountainous region near the Turkish border where the government says the PKK has its leadership council and camps. About 50 warplanes were used in the offensive, the AP reports, which lasted... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • Recep Tayyip Erdogan • US intelligence • PKK • Kurdistan Workers' Party • Kurdish guerrillas • airstrike

Al Qaeda Amps Up PR War

The terrorist group's propaganda machine
is more polished, prolific than ever

Jul 16, 07 4:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether or not Al Qaeda has regained its pre-9/11 operational capacity,  the terrorist group has certainly beefed up its PR. Al Qaeda’s media arm has released at least 63 audio and video messages this year, compared with 58 for all of 2006, according to AP figures. And they're... More »

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propaganda • Michael Chertoff • As Sahab • Christian Science Monitor • Ayman al Zawahiri • US intelligence • martyr • terrorist • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda • al-Qaeda in Iraq

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