International Business News - CIA http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A top former CIA official said the intelligence agency had more than 100 Afghans acting as spies before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, but told a magazine in a rare interview that nothing could have averted the attacks. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/former-cia-official-9-11-could-not-be-averted.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:31:26 EDT A former high-ranking CIA official pleaded guilty Monday to abusing his influence within the agency to direct lucrative contracts toward an old friend who showered him with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/ex-cia-executive-pleads-guilty-to-wire-fraud.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:05:44 EDT Lawyers for a former Italian intelligence chief want to call Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as a witness in the trial of 26 Americans charged in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/italian-lawyers-seek-condoleezza-rice-testimony.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:25:26 EDT Insurance holding company Citizens Inc. said Monday it will acquire Ozark National Life Insurance Co. for about $8 million to help expand its pre-need and final expense business, which focuses on funeral arrangements. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/citizens-buys-osark-national-life-for-8-million.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:34:51 EDT The U.S. government is analyzing the results of strikes against enemy targets to learn how the groups respond when attacked, the CIA's director said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/cia-using-missile-strikes-to-tickle-terrorists.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:28:50 EDT Iran and North Korea both have the capability to produce nuclear weapons but al-Qaida is the CIA's top nuclear concern because it is most likely to use them, agency director Michael Hayden said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/cia-chief-al-qaida-is-top-nuclear-concern.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:33:49 EDT A federal judge has ruled in New York that the government must either produce memos on waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA or explain why they should be kept secret. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/judge-says-govt-must-produce-waterboarding-memos.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:56:52 EDT A federal appeals court said Tuesday it would not resurrect a lawsuit that former CIA operative Valerie Plame brought against members of the Bush administration. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/107831-cia-leak-lawsuit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/us-court-wont-resurrect-lawsuit-in-cia-leak-case.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/us-court-wont-resurrect-lawsuit-in-cia-leak-case.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:50:46 EDT The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental harm." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97424-guantanamo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/2002-justice-memo-oks-cia-interrogation-tactics.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/2002-justice-memo-oks-cia-interrogation-tactics.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:32:01 EDT The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental harm." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/justice-told-cia-it-would-be-safe-from-prosecution.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:56:51 EDT A House panel on Friday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for transcripts of interviews with President Bush and Vice President Cheney during the federal probe into the leak of a CIA agent's identity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/house-panel-seeks-bush-transcript-in-cia-leak-case.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:57:34 EDT The home computer of a former CIA station chief in Milan contained surveillance photographs of an Egyptian cleric abducted on a Milan street, an anti-terrorism investigator testified Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/witness-ex-cia-official-had-photos-of-cleric.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:17:50 EDT Former presidential spokesman Scott McClellan on Friday said President Bush has lost the public's trust by failing to open up about his administration's mistakes and backtracking on a promise be up front about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/bush-ex-aide-testifies-in-house-about-cia-leak.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:46:41 EDT A House committee has issued a subpoena for FBI reports from interviews with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the CIA leak investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/house-panel-subpoenas-fbi-interviews-of-bush-cheney.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:15:42 EDT President Bush's former spokesman, Scott McClellan, will testify before a House committee next week about whether Vice President Dick Cheney ordered him to make misleading public statements about the leaking of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/mcclellan-to-testify-in-house-in-cia-leak-probe.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:58:32 EDT A House committee chairman said Tuesday he is seeking more documents from the CIA leak probe because Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff made a significant disclosure to the FBI that warrants further congressional follow-up. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/62016-cia-leak-probe.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/waxman-wants-fbi-documents-about-cia-leak-probe.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/waxman-wants-fbi-documents-about-cia-leak-probe.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:38:20 EDT The U.S. is making "a big and continual push" to capture or kill al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but his demise won't end the organization's menace, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday in an Associated Press interview. The CIA is equally interested in those jockeying to replace bin Laden in what he predicted will be a "succession crisis." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/56591-cia-director.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/cia-planning-for-al-qaida-succession-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/cia-planning-for-al-qaida-succession-crisis.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 21:15:00 EDT The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits here who might otherwise want to help. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/47837-cia-recruiting-immigrants.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/intel-agencies-seek-help-recruiting-recent-immigrants.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 21:09:20 EDT An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi will be called to testify in the trial of 26 Americans and several Italians charged with kidnapping a terror suspect during a CIA operation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/italian-judge-berlusconi-to-testify-in-cia-case.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 05:51:44 EDT An Italian judge has decided that Premier Silvio Berlusconi will be called to testify in the trial of several Americans and Italians charged with kidnapping a terror suspect during a CIA operation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080514/italian-judge-pm-to-testify-in-cia-kidnap-case.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 04:33:45 EDT