Mar 07 CIA chief announces sweeping agency overhaul By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency's limited insights into a series of major global developments. Continue reading
Dec 12 Video: Comparing Bush's 2006 claims about CIA interrogation to what we know now By Margaret Myers In a 2006 speech to the nation, President Bush outlined the U.S.’s successes in capturing and questioning high-level terrorists involved with the 9/11 attacks. The president also lauded the contributions of intelligence officers in their quest to bring those responsible… Continue reading
Dec 12 CIA medics monitored brutal interrogation tactics By Stephen Braun, Associated Press WASHINGTON — From the early stages of the CIA's coercive interrogations of terror detainees, the agency's health professionals were intimately involved. Front-line medics and psychologists monitored and advised on abusive tactics, even as they sometimes complained about the ethical dilemmas… Continue reading
Dec 11 CIA director: Some agency officers used 'abhorrent' interrogation tactics By News Desk Updated at 3:06 p.m. EST | CIA Director John Brennan said Thursday in response to the release of a Senate report on the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation tactics that some agency officers used "abhorrent" techniques and it was "unknowable" whether they… Continue reading
Aug 01 Senate demands public accounting from John Brennan over CIA spying By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — For months, CIA Director John Brennan stood firm in his insistence that the CIA had little to be ashamed of after searching the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee. His defiant posture quickly collapsed after a devastating report… Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch After Almost 13-Hour Filibuster, Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director After Almost 13-Hour Filibuster, Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director… Continue watching
Feb 07 Brennan Hearing Spotlights Drone Attacks and Targeted Killings By Larisa Epatko Torture techniques and targeted killings came up at the top of CIA director nominee John Brennan's Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. "I never believe it's better to kill a terrorist than detain him," because of the information detainees could provide, he… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Lawmakers Promise Tough Questions for Defense, CIA Nominees Judy Woodruff reports on President Obama's nominations of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and John Brennan for CIA director. Gwen Ifill talks to Jessica Tuchman Mathews of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Reuel Marc Gerecht of Foundation for Defense… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch Despite Hurdles, White House Sticking to Gitmo Deadline The White House is sticking to a plan to close the prison complex at Guantanamo Bay by Jan. 22, despite mounting opposition in Congress to relocating terror suspects inside the U.S. With less than four months until the administration's deadline… Continue watching