The New York Times is reporting Former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the Central Intelligence Agency to withhold information from Congress about a secret counterterrorism operation. Current CIA Director Leon Panetta told lawmakers about Cheney’s role in keeping the program secret on June 24...
In light of the recent release of 250,000 U.S. cables by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, the CIA has created a Wikileaks Task Force, dubbed W.T.F., to track the impact of the cables. The Washington Post was first to report that "Officially, the panel is called the Wikileaks Task Force. But...
Leonor E. "Lee" Sullivan was a CIA secretary, translator, and most importantly, she was a mom. She passed away in December at the age of 70. She left behind two sons, John, age 36, and his younger brother, Jimmy. Leonor led a very interesting, very secretive life.
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
Andrew Warren, the former CIA chief for Algeria, is under investigation for allegedly drugging two women before sexually assaulting them and photographing them on two separate occasions. The investigation is being conducted by the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. Warren has told...
Based on the information printed on the CIA World Factbook, the government spending on the military is extremely huge worldwide. Based on the figures, military spending all over the world is pegged at 741 billion dollars a year. The figure itself is approximately about 1.5% of the world’s Gross...
On Wednesday, Andreas Mueller, the Swiss federal Magistrate, recommended the prosecution of three Swiss engineers, supposedly linked to the CIA, upon allegations of nuclear weapons technology smuggling. Urs Tinner, his brother, Marco, and his father, Friedrich, appeared before Mueller following...
The CIA World Factbook is one of the richest resources ever produced by the United States Government. It includes data in the form of website that was formerly produced in print. It provides a two to three page summary of demographics, geography,communications, linquistics, government,economy,...
I'd say it's time to review the CIA's process in deciding what contractors they pay to do what. That especially after its been revealed they paid millions of dollars to Blackwater CEO Erik D Prince on a handshake to become part of a plan to assasinate former CIA operative Osama Bin Laden, and other...
People around the world have been smoking marijuana for thousands of years while also using the hemp plant for everything from fabric and rope to ethanol fuel. Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, a man with a bit of power and enough determination decided pot was wicked, evil and narcotic. He...
