The would-be suicide attacker in the foiled “underwear bomb” plot on May 7 was in fact an informant working for a foreign intelligence agency connected to the CIA, US officials revealed on Tuesday.
The CIA has reportedly foiled an ambitious al-Qaeda plot to attack a US-bound aircraft around the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death using an 'upgraded' version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a plane in 2009.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor had a close relationship with the CIA over "several decades", according to a report in US daily the Boston Globe. Taylor is awaiting a verdict in a war crimes trial in The Netherlands.
A CIA contractor once jailed in Pakistan for killing two people was arrested again in the US state of Colorado on Saturday after allegedly fighting with another man over a parking spot. Raymond Davis, 36, was freed from a Pakistani prison in January.
One US citizen was killed and another was wounded Sunday in a shooting at a US embassy annex used by the CIA in Kabul, embassy and Afghan police sources said Monday. The US embassy said an Afghan employee, who was also killed, was behind the attack.
Human Rights Watch has uncovered hundreds of letters in the Libyan foreign ministry proving that the Gaddafi regime directly aided the rendition program carried out by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. The documents expose how the CIA rendered suspects to the Libyan authorities, knowing they would be tortured. To discuss this, Douglas Herbert speaks to Reed Brody, spokesperson for Human Rights Watch.
Newly retired General David Petraeus (left) was sworn in as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency by Vice President Joe Biden (right) on Tuesday. Petraeus has commanded international forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
The CIA has assisted Pakistan's spy agency in the arrest of three top al Qaeda suspects in the southwestern city of Quetta, a Pakistani army statement said Monday, a sign that strained ties between the two agencies may be on the mend.
Forces loyal to Libya's new interim leadership said Sunday they were poised to attack the desert town of Bani Walid, where several of Muammar Gaddafi's sons had taken refuge after fleeing Tripoli.
The CIA and Britain’s MI6 appear to have been cooperating with the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, handing prisoners over to Libyan authorities, according to documents found in the office of Gaddafi’s intelligence chief Mussa Kussa (pictured left).
