CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Panel seeks more disclosure on natural gas drilling

Jeff Locker, a Wyoming farmer, displays water filters from his well
A federal panel sketched out its first vision of a regulatory roadmap for the booming shale natural gas industry on Thursday, urging more transparency on the use of chemicals and more careful treatment of waste water.
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Hey Hackers, Uncle Sam Needs Your Help

Hackers attending this year's DEF CON conference in Las Vegas, an annual gathering of the hacking community, can add a possible activity to attending speeches, browsing new technology and meeting other hackers: being recuited for a government job.
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Al-Qaeda Almost Defeated? Not So Fast, Official Says

Predictions about al-Qaeda's imminent collapse threaten to lull the U.S. into a false sense of complacency about the continued threat the terror network represents, a recently retired top counter-terrorism aide said.
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Hacked: Pentagon Cyber Attack Stole 24,000 Files

The Pentagon suffered a massive cyber attack at the hands of an unidentified foreign government this spring, the most significant breach of the Pentagon's cyber security system yet.
U.S. General David Petraeus

U.S. Senate Confirms Petraeus as CIA Chief

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously confirmed Gen. David H. Petraeus, now commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
U.S. General David Petraeus

Senate Confirms Petraeus as CIA director

The Senate voted unanimously 94-0 to confirm General David Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan to be the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Libya strike

So Far, Obama More Like Bush, Than Carter, on War Powers Authority

Libya and Yemen illustrate in different ways how President Barack Obama has embraced the authority to initiate military action without Congressional approval - a War Powers Act stance more like President George W. Bush than President Jimmy Carter.
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Who is LulzSec hacker Ryan Cleary?

The suspected LulzSec hacker 19-year-old Ryan Cleary could face up to ten years in jail in the US if he is found guilty of hacking into the CIA and US Senate websites, it has been reported.
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Bush Administration Sought to Smear Critic, Ex-CIA Official Says

Intelligence officials, prodded by the Bush White House, sought personal information that they could use to damage the reputation of an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, a former Central Intelligence Agency official told the New York Times.

Cold war between hackers?

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) public website went offline on Wednesday during the early evening hours of ET with tweets between hackers, moments later, indicating cold war.

LulzSec claims attack on CIA; Major embarrassment for the world's most famous spy agency

LulzSec did it again and this time it isn't 'just another target'. In a major embarrassment for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), their public website went offline on Wednesday during the early evening hours of ET, within 20 minutes of LulzSec's tweet: Tango down - cia.gov - for the lulz. The world's most famous spy agency website was taken out for about a couple of hours before it was back online.

LulzSec CIA hack highlights uptick in cyber crime

The latest victim of the now infamous hacking group LulzSec is none other than the US's own Central Intelligence Agency, adding to the recent string of high profile hacking cases worldwide.
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LulzSec continues global hack attack: CIA down, Senate attacked again!

Hacker group LulzSec is relentlessly continuing its attack: the public website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) i.e. www.cia.gov was hacked by the group and taken down temporarily on Wednesday even as the U.S. Senate said it had foiled a renewed hacking bid by the same group.

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