Jun 06 Time Magazine to Divulge Notes in CIA Agent Leak By PBS News Hour Time magazine on Thursday said it would comply with a court order to hand over the notes of one of its reporters in a grand jury investigation into the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. Continue reading
Sep 24 Porter Goss Sworn in As New CIA Director By PBS News Hour Porter Goss, a former undercover operative and Florida congressman, was sworn in Friday as head of the CIA, an agency battered by criticism for faulty intelligence ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and Iraq war. Continue reading
Aug 10 Pres. Bush Nominates Porter Goss As CIA Chief President Bush on Tuesday nominated Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., a former undercover operative, to lead the CIA. Continue reading
Jul 09 Panel Criticizes CIA for Incorrect Iraq Intelligence A bipartisan Senate report released Friday found that U.S. intelligence agencies fell victim to "group think" assumptions about Iraq that led to incorrect assessments of Saddam Hussein's weapons programs. Continue reading
Jun 03 CIA Director George Tenet Resigns Citing "personal reasons," CIA director George Tenet has resigned. Continue reading
Apr 15 Purported Bin Laden Tape Offers Truce to Europeans By Admin The CIA said it believes a tape released Wednesday is likely the voice of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Continue reading
Feb 05 Tenet Defends CIA's Prewar Iraq Intelligence CIA Director George Tenet on Thursday denied his agency tailored information to build a case for the U.S.-led war in Iraq in a speech that marked his first public defense of prewar intelligence. Continue reading
Jun 03 CIA Delayed Sharing Intelligence on Sept. 11 Hijacker By Admin The Central Intelligence Agency was tracking al-Qaida members who later took part in the Sept. 11 attacks months earlier than it had previously disclosed, according to accounts published this weekend. Continue reading
Mar 19 Tenet Testifies Al-Qaida Still a Threat Despite a widespread effort to eliminate the network, "al-Qaida leaders at large are working to reconstitute the organization and to resume its terrorist operations," according to Tenet. Continue reading
Feb 06 CIA Chief Warns Al-Qaida Still a Threat Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet Wednesday told Congress the al-Qaida network headed by Osama bin Laden remains the most immediate and serious threat facing the United States. Continue reading