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The contract gave employees with the security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide an operational role in one of the Central Intelligence Agency’s most significant covert programs.
A missile fired this week by a Central Intelligence Agency drone over Pakistan killed a top Qaeda operations planner, according to U.S. officials.
A missile fired this week by a Central Intelligence Agency drone over Pakistan’s tribal regions killed a top Qaeda operations planner, according to U.S. officials.
A senior Al-Qaeda figure was killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, a US official told AFP, as President Barack Obama urged Islamabad to step up the fight against militants.
Washington -- Three weeks ago in Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency sharpshooters killed eight people suspected of being militants of the Taliban and al-Qaida, and wounded two others in a compound that was said to be used for terrorist training.
CIA Director Leon Panetta cancels secret contract with the former Blackwater security firm that had allowed the company's employees to load missiles on Predator drones in Pakistan. Pakistan - Central Intelligence Agency - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - MQ-1 Predator - Asia
Former guards with Blackwater Worldwide said that their involvement in the operations blurred the lines supposedly dividing the Central Intelligence Agency, the military and the private security company.
President Obama’s evolving approach to national security as set out in his Nobel Prize speech lacks bumper-sticker simplicity.
NewsCore: Senior Al Qaeda Leader Al-Libi Killed In US Drone Strike - WSJ By Siobhan Gorman, Jay Solomon and Zahid Hussain A Central Intelligence Agency drone is believed to have killed a top strategist and spokesman for al Qaeda, Abu Yahya al-Libi, i...
CIA Director Leon Panetta has canceled a contract with the former Blackwater security firm that allowed the company's operatives to load missiles on Predator drones in Pakistan. Panetta canceled the contract earlier this year and the work is being shifted to... Pakistan - Central Intelligence Agency - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency - MQ-1 Predator - Asia
Guards from the Blackwater private security company took part in secret CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Friday, citing former employees and intelligence officials.
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