Feb 23 Watch 6:33 Pre-9/11 drama 'The Looming Tower' explores the failure of intelligence when division gets in the way By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson A new drama takes viewers back to the events that led to the 9/11 attacks. Hulu’s "The Looming Tower," based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, retells the true story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden in the years… Continue watching
Feb 01 Democrats question U.S. meeting with Russian spy chiefs By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Democrats want to know why the Trump administration allowed two Russian spy chiefs under U.S. and European sanctions to meet last week in Washington with American intelligence officials. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 6:16 How a crippling intelligence loss led the CIA on a mole hunt By PBS News Hour Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a former CIA officer, was arrested this week on charges of mishandling classified information. A massive mole hunt inside the agency has been on for years for the person who may have helped the Chinese government… Continue watching
Nov 01 What is in the latest Osama bin Laden files released by the CIA? By Larisa Epatko The CIA declassified Wednesday hundreds of thousands of documents seized in the 2011 raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. They included a hand-written journal of the slain al-Qaida leader and video of his son’s wedding. Continue reading
Oct 28 JFK files release does little to quell conspiracy theories By Laurie Kellman and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The 2,800 records released on Thursday night include some that had dribbled out over the years but are getting renewed attention from being in this big batch. Continue reading
Oct 04 More CIA agents being deployed around the world, director says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Director Mike Pompeo didn't elaborate on how many more agents are being sent into the field, but he said it's important to get personnel closer to where adversaries are training and preparing to "take America down." He has said before… Continue reading
Sep 25 Intelligence officials ask Congress to renew foreign surveillance authority By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The program has been a source of endless debate in recent years between security officials and privacy advocates who complain that information about Americans also is being swept up. Continue reading
Sep 15 After strong backlash, Harvard dean revokes Chelsea Manning's fellowship invitation By Jennifer Hijazi About 48 hours after Harvard University announced Chelsea Manning was among the visiting fellows for the upcoming academic year, the Harvard Kennedy School dean rescinded the invite. Continue reading
Sep 14 In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomats By Josh Lederman, Michael Weissenstein, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Suspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 4:14 News Wrap: Trump reportedly ending CIA program to train Syrian rebels By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump is reportedly ending a secret CIA program that arms and trains moderate rebels in Syria. The program's goal was to combat the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, but it had limited effects… Continue watching