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• Iran: Advanced enrichment centrifuges installed

  February 13, 2013 12:35 PM

  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Wednesday that it has begun installing a new generation of centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment facility, a move that will allow it to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment in defiance of U.N. calls to halt such activities. Vice President Fereidoun Abbasi... more »

• Cheney criticizes Obama nominees in Wyoming speech

  February 10, 2013 11:18 AM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says President Barack Obama is jeopardizing U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates for key cabinet posts and degrading the U.S. military. Cheney, a Wyoming native, made his comments Saturday night to about 300 members of the state's Republican Party in... more »

• CIA may have misled filmmakers in Bin Laden mission flick

  January 6, 2013 12:29 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers are accusing the CIA of misleading the makers of the Osama bin Laden raid film, "Zero Dark Thirty," by telling them that harsh interrogation methods helped track down the terrorist mastermind. The film shows waterboarding and similar techniques as important to finding bin Laden in Pakistan,... more »

• In unusual CIA case, FBI detoured from usual path

  November 18, 2012 1:58 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The way the FBI responded to Jill Kelley's complaint about receiving harassing emails that ultimately unraveled or scarred the careers of ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and Marine Gen. John Allen is the exception, not the rule. The FBI commonly declines to pursue cyberstalking cases without compelling evidence... more »

• AP source: Leaks probed in terrorism case

  May 9, 2012 8:58 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official said Wednesday investigators are conducting a probe into who leaked information about an al-Qaida plot in which an explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S.-bound airline flight. The official spoke on condition of anonymity about the ongoing leak investigation, which... more »

• CIA contractor due in court for hearing Thursday

  December 15, 2011 8:38 AM

  CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - A CIA contractor involved in a fatal shootout in Pakistan is due in court in a separate case in Colorado, where a judge will determine whether there's enough evidence to place him on trial on assault charges stemming from a fight over a parking space.... more »

• CIA operative charged in fight for parking spot in Colorado

  October 2, 2011 9:13 AM

  HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - Colorado authorities say a man accused of shooting and killing two men while working as CIA contractor in Pakistan faces misdemeanor charges after a fight over a shopping center parking spot. Douglas County Sheriff's Lt. Glenn Peitzmeier says Raymond Davis has been charged with... more »

• General Petraeus retires from Army

  August 31, 2011 8:18 AM

  General David Petraeus bids farewell today to the Army that has been his life and the troops that have been his family for 37 years. He'll start as CIA director next week, waging war on terrorists in a different way. Many thought Petraeus would become chairman of the... more »

• Pakistan denies that army major was arrested

  June 15, 2011 1:39 PM

  ISLAMABAD (AP) - The Pakistani army is denying that one of its majors was arrested for feeding information to the CIA ahead of the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The New York Times first reported the arrest of five Pakistani informants yesterday. It said they included an... more »

• Groups oppose CIA death targets

  August 30, 2010 7:02 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York-based civil liberties groups have sued the federal government, saying its targeted killings of U.S. citizens overseas is unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Defendants... more »

• Small plane crashes into Texas office building

  February 18, 2010 12:37 PM

  A small plane crashed Thursday into a multistory office building in Austin, causing a fire and sending black smoke billowing from the seven-story structure, officials said. At least two people were injured a third was unaccounted for. The Associated Press, citing an unidentified source, said the crash didn't appear... more »

• CIA bomber calls for attacks on U.S. in video

  January 9, 2010 11:49 AM

  The Jordanian doctor who killed seven CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan said in video clips broadcast posthumously Saturday that all jihadists must attack U.S. targets to avenge the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. Footage showed Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi - whom the CIA... more »

• TV ad seeks to recruit Arab-Americans to CIA

  November 19, 2009 8:48 AM

  The CIA has a new commercial aimed at recruiting Arab-Americans for careers with the agency. The ad shows a dinner party with several people. A male voice with a Middle Eastern accent says: "Your nation, your world," as the frame moves outside and shows the party through a window of... more »