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CIA honors officer killed in the line of duty in Yemen
WASHINGTON -- At Jeffrey Patneau's funeral in October 2008, his family was not allowed to talk about where he had worked or what he had done. He was described as a State Department employee, which was his cover. "It was very difficult, because people...
Tags: Human Interest, Police Investigations, College Sports, Lobbying, Central Intelligence Agency
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CIA discloses names of 15 killed in line of duty
WASHINGTON — The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30 years, the result of a new effort to honor fallen officers whose sacrifices had long gone unrecognized by all but a few....Tags: Human Interest, Police Investigations, Accidental Death, Espionage and Intelligence, Lobbying
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U.S. escalates clandestine war in Yemen
World NowIn an escalation of America’s clandestine war in Yemen, a small contingent of U.S. troops is providing targeting data for Yemeni airstrikes as government forces battle to dislodge Al Qaeda militants and other insurgents in the country’s... -
Afghan police units tangled in criminal activity
WASHINGTON — A U.S.-backed program to recruit police in rural Afghanistan has failed to significantly stem the insurgency, with some units becoming deeply entangled in criminal activity, including bribe-taking and extortion, according to a Pentagon-...Tags: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Rebellions, Central Intelligence Agency, Substance Abuse
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CIA chief to lead city's Memorial Day parade
CIA director David Petraeus will be the grand marshal for Chicago's Memorial Day Parade. Petraeus is a retired four-star U.S. Army general and former top commander in Afghanistan. He will lead this year's Memorial Day parade and participate in the...
Tags: Human Interest, Festive Events, Holidays, Arts and Culture, Central Intelligence Agency
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U.S. officials release documents containing final directives from Osama bin Laden
WASHINGTON (AP) - In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and the loss of trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West. A selection of documents seized in last...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Joe Biden, Washington, DC, Terrorism
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Bin Laden's last words posted online, include worry over crumbling terror network; murder plots
WASHINGTON (AP)— In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West. A selection of documents seized in...
Tags: Taliban, Abbottabad (Pakistan), Fox News Channel (tv network), News Agency, Net Neutrality
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Revelan cartas de Osama bin Laden
APEn cartas escritas desde su último refugio, Osama bin Laden manifiesta preocupación por las disfuncionalidad de su red terrorista y la declinante confianza de los musulmanes a quienes quería incitar contra sus gobiernos y Occidente. Una selección de...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Joe Biden
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Bin Laden ordered squads to try to attack Obama's aircraft
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden ordered terrorist teams in mid-2010 to blow up the planes of President Obama and Gen. David H. Petraeus, then commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, when they visited Afghanistan or Pakistan, according to a declassified...Tags: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Kabul (Afghanistan), Central Intelligence Agency, Joe Biden, Pakistan
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Bin Laden letters show him angry, isolated
McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON -- Seventeen letters seized from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout by the Navy SEALs who found and killed him there last May expose the international terrorist icon in his final years as increasingly irrelevant to his own movement. The...Tags: Islam, Monsters (legendary creatures), Joe Biden, Religious Conflicts, Terrorism
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Previewing the White House Correspondents' Dinner
WASHINGTON -- They call it the "Nerd Prom" around here. Otherwise known as the White House Correspondents' Dinner, it gives the usually staid official Washington a chance to bring a taste of Hollywood to the Potomac. This year is no different, even if...
Tags: Janet Napolitano, Fox News Channel (tv network), Elections, Mitt Romney, Christine Baranski
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Afghanistan: what 'victory' looks like
Where is Afghanistan policy headed at this crucial moment? As the nation's excellent if unsung war commander, Gen. John Allen, testifies on Capitol Hill this week, and as Republican presidential aspirants continue to attack President Barack Obama from...Tags: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Elections, Politics, Lyndon B. Johnson
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