CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

The NSA helped ease cover up U.S. torture at so-called black sites as European governments faced mounting criticism, says WikiLeaks.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, via an executive order, gave the National Guard permission to arm military facilities like recruitment centers.

The move comes shortly after the U.K. defied its critics by committing to a NATO security budget target.

Leading members of the American Psychological Association advised a "flexible" ethics code for interrogations, even while CIA health professionals were raising concerns.

Wikileaks released new documents Saturday alleging the U.S. National Security Agency spied on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and over a dozen top officials.

Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles were destroyed last year but Assad's army still may have sarin gas available, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urged law enforcement to "remain vigilant" as Independence Day approaches.

The documents, which were only recently disclosed, were provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Medical officials oversaw brutal interrogations and provided feedback to the CIA in a manner watchdogs say constituted human experimentation.

Sequestration, which largely applied to defense and domestic spending, began in March 2013 and is expected to continue until 2021.

The CIA has reportedly spent about $100,000 for each moderate fighter it has trained in recent years.

Top CIA officials fought bitterly in the years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks over whether U.S. intelligence agencies could have done more to stop the deadliest terrorist strikes in American history, documents released on Friday show.

A spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington said that jumping to conclusions about the attack was "not responsible, and counterproductive."

Majid Khan's recently disclosed account of his time in Guantanamo goes beyond what was previously stated in the Senate report released last year, Reuters reported.

The Islamic State group's political ideology is increasingly resonating with young Americans, a National Security Agency official said.

NBC News reported, citing sources, that Pakistan knew Osama bin Laden’s location before the raid, corroborating journalist Seymour Hersh's report.

"There are too many inaccuracies and baseless assertions in this piece to fact check each one."

Adding to an already combustible mix is a report the American NSA sought the German BND intelligence service's help in spying on the industrial giant Siemens.

Michael Morell, former CIA deputy chief, was critical of both the GOP and the White House's actions surrounding the 2012 attack in his new book.

Local reports alleged that the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel was aware of NSA's activities.

The Stellar Wind program was first made public by Edward Snowden, a former contract employee of the U.S. National Security Agency.