CIA

Spy Leaks not all bad

OPINION by Andriques Che Petersen In the year 2015, where one can find out what their favourite celebrity had for lunch yesterday just by entering a simple Google search, we were shocked this week to hear that our government had been spying on others and keeping tabs on other governments[…]

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Will South Africa own up?

Opinion by Iqbal Jassat During the era of Nelson Mandela’s first cabinet in post-apartheid South Africa, a controversial report on so-called Muslim terrorism marked “top secret” emerged. While the government at the time denied any knowledge of its existence and sought to distance itself from it, the malicious intent of[…]

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Clash over US torture report

Defenders and critics locked horns Sunday over last week’s release of a US report that aired harrowing new details of America’s torture of “war on terror” detainees, and opened fresh political wounds. The US Senate report released Tuesday said the CIA’s interrogation of Al-Qaeda suspects, including beatings, rectal rehydration, and sleep[…]

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ICC must prosecute Bush, Blair

OPINION by Iqbal Jassat Finally, shocking revelations about America’s savagery in the inhumane treatment of detainees held at various so-called “black sites” have emerged. A Senate Intelligence Committee report on interrogation tactics used by the CIA after 9/11 has confirmed the fears and suspicion of many about America’s reprehensible conduct.[…]

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CIA chief defends agency after torture report

The head of the US spy agency CIA has defended his agency from accusations in a Senate report that it carried out tortures on terrorism suspects with no security benefits to the country. John Brennan said on Thursday that while his agency “fell short of holding accountable some officers” who[…]

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Torture report unlikely to clip CIA wings: expert

Detailed revelations of the torture used by George W. Bush-era operatives against Al-Qaeda suspects are only the latest morale-sapping scandal to envelop the Central Intelligence Agency. But the searing US Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA enhanced interrogation techniques is not likely to hamstring the effectiveness of the nation’s premier spy[…]

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Chilling methods used in CIA torture sessions

Sleep deprivation for over a week, beatings, shackling, and waterboarding — a litany of the cruel methods used by the Bush-era CIA to interrogate Al-Qaeda terror suspects was exposed Tuesday. The shocking report released by the US Senate found that the techniques employed by the Central Intelligence Agency were “far more[…]

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Iraqis believe IS is CIA made

As the US rallies its allies to launch an all-out war on the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), conspiracy theories are running deep in Iraq, with Iraqis believing that the rebel group is an invention of the CIA to allow the US interference in the area.[…]

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CIA says IS numbers underestimated

Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria now have about 20,000 to 31,500 fighters on the ground, the US Central Intelligence Agency says, much higher than a previous estimate of 10,000. Among those in Syria are 15,000 foreign fighters including 2,000 Westerners, a US intelligence official told the AFP news[…]

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