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CIA 'turned phones, TVs into tapping devices'

Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks yesterday began a new series of leaks on the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) hacking techniques and said the US spy agency turned Smart TVs and smartphones into surveillance equipment. The d

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Islamic State may have other attacks ready: CIA

CIA Director John Brennan warned on Monday that the attacks in Paris claimed by the extremist Islamic State movement were not a "one-off event" and that the militants may have similar operations ready to launch. Foiling

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Bin Laden fixated on US attacks, papers reveal

Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking US targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United States says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan and released on Wednesday.

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US torture report outlines catalogue of abuse

US officials have lost the right to criticise others now that their own grisly detention and interrogation methods have been exposed, according to Bahraini activists. Shocking revelations about the extent of the Central Intelligen

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CIA 'spied on 7.8bn Saudi calls'

US spy agency CIA has spied on 7.8 billion calls in Saudi Arabia, the Arab News said citing a report from Cryptome, the digital library host that was created by the US as a repository for secret documents and material.   The C

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Using Facebook? You're helping CIA: Venezuela minister

A Venezuelan government minister has urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the US Central Intelligence Agency, referring to recent revelations about US surveillance programs.  

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Ex-CIA man's snooping claims raise alarm bells

Fresh revelations by former CIA employee Edward Snowden have raised concerns that the US National Security Agency (NSA) may have hacked into Hong Kong's key internet exchange, which handles nearly all the Chinese territory's domestic web

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Star on battlefield, felled by affair

David Petraeus was a star on the battlefield, commanding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but was undone by "poor judgment" in engaging in an extramarital affair that led to his downfall as CIA director. Just two days afte

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CIA chief quits over illegal affair

CIA director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading US spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he "showed extremely poor judgment." In a letter to the CIA workforce

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Bomber 'a double agent for Saudi, CIA'

A bomber from the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen sent to blow up a US-bound airliner last month was actually a double agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the suicide mission, US media reported on Tuesday. Working closely with

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