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Stephen A. Feinberg, right, a founder of Cerberus Capital Management, at the Capitol in December 2008. He is said to be in talks for a White House role examining the country’s intelligence agencies. Credit Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times

White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies

by JAMES RISEN and MATTHEW ROSENBERG | Feb 17, 2017 | World

WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear could curtail their independence and reduce...

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CIA Director Micheal Pompeo hands the “George Tenet Medal” to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif at a reception ceremony in Riyadh, February 10, 2017. (Photo by SPA)

CIA Honors Saudi Crown Prince with ‘George Tenet Medal’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 11, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Riyadh- Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, was awarded on Friday the “George Tenet Medal,” a CIA honor in recognition of his efforts to fight terrorism. CIA Director Mike Pompeo handed out the crown prince the medal...

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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, in Washington, Sept. 11, 2015. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wrote 6,000 Words to Obama

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 10, 2017 | World

Washington– A letter dated January 2015 to then-U.S. President Barack Obama by the self-proclaimed mastermind of September 11 attacks, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, described the former president as “the head of the snake” and blamed the rise of terrorism on U.S. foreign...

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The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

CIA: Self Evaluation of its Failures

by Mounir Al-Mawri | Feb 8, 2017 | World

Washington – During the final year of the Iranian-Iraqi war, precisely mid-1988, indications surfaced signifying the end of the battles. Yet, a number of CIA analysts continued to present false data that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini would never agree to...

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Members of the Iranian Army march during a parade marking the anniversary of the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

CIA Documents: Who Started the Iran-Iraq War?

by Mounir al-Manawri | Feb 7, 2017 | World

Washington- One of the certain failures of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is that it waited seven years after the Iran-Iraq war sparked to ask the analysts and experts in Iraqi and Iranian affairs a simple question: who started the war? CIA analysts prepared a...