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 US Drones Back Up 
 Pakistani Offensive 

Predators offer intel on militant positions in South Waziristan

Oct 23, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US military is supporting the Pakistani offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan with intelligence and imaging collected by unmanned Predator drones. The support is separate from the CIA program using the drones inside Pakistan to kill terrorist leaders. “We are coordinating with the Pakistanis,” a military... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • intelligence • US military • surveillance • UAVs • drones • Predator • al-Qaeda • South Waziristan • military offensive

(Newser) - As the US confronts Iran over its nuclear program, many Americans can’t help but flash back to 2003, when Colin Powell made a compelling case before the UN that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Is the uproar over Iran’s Qom facility the same kind of smoke and... More »

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Iran • intelligence • nuclear • nuclear program • WMD • Iraq mess • Qom

US Spies Are Voice of Caution in Iran Debate

Israelis, Europeans believe Tehran is developing warheads

Sep 29, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The global intelligence community is at odds over whether Iran is developing nuclear warheads, with US spies insisting it isn’t, and European and Israeli spies begging to differ. In what the New York Times calls a “mirror image” of the Iraq debate, the US say documents found... More »

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Iran • intelligence • nuclear program • National Intelligence Estimate • nuclear sites • spies • intelligence agencies • Qom

ANALYSIS

Dropping Missile Shield Is Jab at Bush—Not US Allies

Obama & Co. see Russia, Iran threats differently

Sep 17, 09 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s decision to shelve the missile shield for Eastern Europe is appeasement only to those obsessed with “legacy threats” like Russia, Marc Ambinder writes for the Atlantic. Obama believes the threat from Iran was overstated by President Bush, and that the shield technology wasn’t a sure... More »

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Iran • Russia • intelligence • missile shield • Poland • Robert Gates • Czech Republic • George W. Bush • appeasement • President Obama • short-range missiles • Marc Ambinder

Taliban Blast Kills Afghan
Spy Chief, 22 Others

Insurgents target intelligence official during mosque visit

Sep 2, 09 6:03 AM CDT
(AP) - A Taliban suicide bomber at a mosque near Kabul killed 23 people today, including Afghanistan's deputy chief of intelligence. The explosion ripped through a crowd in Laghman province just as officials were leaving the mosque. Two top provincial officials from Laghman were also among the dead, and the blast destroyed... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • intelligence • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • National Directorate of Security • Afghanistan war • intelligence agencies

(Newser) - The CIA has relied on a secret division inside the company once known as Blackwater for its drone operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, private employees and government officials tell the New York Times. The for-profit company assembles and loads Hellfire missiles and quarter-ton bombs on secret CIA bases on both... More »

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Afghanistan • CIA • Pakistan • intelligence • Dianne Feinstein • Blackwater • drones • private security firm • Xe Services • Blackwater Select

OPINION

Panetta to Congress: Let Go of the Past

Fighting over defunct Bush-era programs only hurt CIA, chief says

Aug 2, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's time for the toxic air of recriminations and mistrust in Washington about the CIA’s post-9/11 intelligence programs to blow over, Leon Panetta writes today in the Washington Post. “I've become increasingly concerned that the focus on the past, especially in Congress, threatens to distract the CIA from... More »

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Congress • CIA • terrorism • intelligence • Leon Panetta • enhanced interrogation techniques

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

Durbin: Cheney 'Way Beyond' the Constitution

Also, Palin resignation 'surprised' McCain;
she 'did not call me'

Jul 12, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The revelation that Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress “absolutely” warrants an investigation, Sen. Dick Durbin said today. “To give the president unbridled authority goes way beyond the United States Constitution,” Durbin told This Week. Over on Fox News Sunday, Sen. John Cornyn... More »

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Dick Cheney • CIA • intelligence • John Cornyn • Dick Durbin • Judd Gregg • Eric Cantor • Sonia Sotomayor

ANALYSIS

You Can't See It, But Cheney's Pants Are on Fire

Ex-veep's speech full of torture distortions

May 22, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In his full-on assault on the president's conterterrorism policies yesterday, Dick Cheney deployed an arsenal of “omissions, exaggerations and misstatements,” charge Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel of McClatchy. Among them:
  • Cheney claimed that harsh interrogations yielded vital, attack-preventing information and quoted Adm. Dennis Blair, director of national
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Dick Cheney • torture • Abu Ghraib • intelligence • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • torture memo • Dennis Blair

 Smarties 
 Enjoy Sex 
 More Than 
 Bimbos Do 

Turns out men do make passes at women who wear glasses

May 13, 09 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smart women enjoy sex more than the average bimbo, according to a new study, reports the Telegraph. How did researchers know? Women with a higher emotional intelligence scored  more orgasms during sex. Emotional intelligence—the ability to recognize and manage feelings—"seems to have a direct impact on... More »

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intelligence • women • sex • orgasmic meditation • emotional intelligence • orgasm • sexual fantasy • bimbo • sexual function

 Deadly Genes 
 Make Euro Jews 
 Smarter: Scientist 

Scientists spark furor with controversial DNA theory

Apr 18, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - The genes that make European Jews susceptible to deadly diseases may also increase their intelligence, two scientists say. Arizona physicist Gregory Cochran stumbled on the theory when pondering why natural selection hasn't removed bad DNA from the gene pool that makes Ashkenazi Jews get so many diseases. His answer: ... More »

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intelligence • DNA • genes • scientists • Ashkenazi Jews

OPINION

Intel Pick's Ouster a Victory for Lobbyists

Loss of excellent public servant a loss for country: Broder

Mar 12, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Charles Freeman withdrew from consideration to chair the National Intelligence Council, the Obama administration “suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the lobbyists the president vowed to keep in their place,” writes David Broder of the Washington Post. Freeman boasted “one of the... More »

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national security • War on Terror • Charles Schumer • intelligence • Obama administration • President Obama • Dennis Blair • Israeli lobby • National Intelligence Council

Obama Loses High-Level
Intel Pick

Freeman, criticized as anti-Israel, withdraws from NIC post

Mar 10, 09 7:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relentless criticism has forced another of President Obama's high-level appointees to drop out, the Hill reports. Charles Freeman, in line to be head of the National Intelligence Council, drew strong opposition for perceived anti-Israel views and financial ties to Saudi and Chinese governments. Freeman dropped out just hours after his... More »

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national security • Congress • intelligence • President Obama • Dennis Blair

 US Ship Broke Laws: China 

Impeccable may have been snooping on Chinese nuclear subs

Mar 10, 09 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing said that a US Navy surveillance ship approached by several Chinese vessels this weekend was conducting illegal information-gathering, the Washington Post reports. The US had completely misrepresented the incident in its complaint, a Foreign Ministry rep. said, as the USS Impeccable was in a "Chinese exclusive economic zone"... More »

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China • intelligence • Navy • US military • surveillance • submarine • US Navy • Chinese navy

 Old Dad, Poor Brain 

Children born to older dads fare worse on memory, learning tests, study finds

Mar 10, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children born to older dads tend to do worse on memory, learning and concentration tests than babies of older moms, researchers have found, reports the BBC. Scientists speculate that the poorer performance may be linked to damaging sperm mutations over time that affect babies who are conceived later in life.... More »

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parenting • intelligence • sperm • age • baby • conception • father

(Newser) - Watching bears eat spiders on TV is fun, but do nature shows help restore our lost link with the natural world? Studies show that screen images of the great outdoors help workers relax and think clearly; an actual window onto leafy environs helps them destress even faster. "But what... More »

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intelligence • study • nature

(Newser) - The CIA thinks the next attempt to launch a 9/11-level attack is likely to come out of Britain and has informed President Obama of a huge new spy operation within the UK, intelligence sources tell the Daily Telegraph. Agents say the most likely theoretical culprit is British-born Pakistani extremist... More »

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War on Terror • Barack Obama • CIA • intelligence • Britain • al-Qaeda • Lashkar-e-Taiba

 Meet Obama's 'Beast' 

Secret Service says 44's impenetrable vehicle is most sophisticated in the world

Jan 20, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The latest limousine to join the presidential fleet is essentially a tank with a Cadillac exterior, Wired reports. The armored vehicle—code-named “Stagecoach” but dubbed “The Beast” due to its makeup—is the world’s most sophisticated car. The Secret Service and General Motors refuse to divulge specs... More »

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Barack Obama • intelligence • Secret Service • General Motors • homeland security • Cadillac • motorcade • President Obama • presidential limousine

Brain Looks Beyond Eyes to Recognize Faces: Scientists

New research shows that eyebrows, noses are key to distinguishing people

Jan 19, 09 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Want to make yourself hard to recognize? Get a nose job and shave your eyebrows, say facial-recognition experts, who have yet to fully understand—or agree upon—how we “see” or “read” faces. Psychologists and neuroscientists, fueled by the need to quickly and correctly identify people in the... More »

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intelligence • homeland security • brain • cognitive science • academic research • security system • scientific breakthroughs • identification • facial recognition technology

Ex-CIA Chief, McCain Man Praises Panetta Pick

Leon Panetta's 'breadth of experience' will serve him, US well: Woolsey

Jan 13, 09 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - James Woolsey, a former CIA director and adviser to John McCain, tells the Huffington Post he’s “impressed overall by the quality” of Barack Obama’s national-security picks, dismissing criticism that Leon Panetta is a poor fit for his former job. Though an intelligence novice, Panetta is amply qualified,... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • intelligence • spy • Leon Panetta • James Woolsey • President Obama • CIA director

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