Tag: CIA

How Did the Russians Learn of the Clinton Campaign’s Operation Targeting Trump?

Commentary On Sept. 29, 2020, just over a year ago, then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified a series of documents that instantly caused a furor in the news media. The American public, at last, got to see CIA Director John Brennan’s handwritten notes of a briefing he’d held with then-President of the United States…


China Develops Hypersonic Missiles, While US Intelligence Agencies Cultivate Political Correctness

Commentary I am sure it is a totally unfounded rumor that the Central Intelligence Agency, the world’s most lavishly funded bastion of spooks, is about to shorten its name to “The Central Agency,” retiring the embarrassing and divisive word “intelligence.” I don’t know how the rumor got started, but the news, reported Saturday by The…


CIA Creates Mission Group to Counter Threats From China

The Central Intelligence Agency said it will create a top-level working group aimed at China, calling Beijing “the most important geopolitical threat” America faces today. The formation of China Mission Center announced on Oct. 7 aims to address “the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China,” CIA director William Burns said on Thursday, adding…


CIA Creates New Mission Group to Counter Threats From China

The Central Intelligence Agency said it will create a top-level working group aimed at China, calling Beijing “the most important geopolitical threat” America faces today. The formation of China Mission Center announced on Oct. 7 aims to address “the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China,” CIA director William Burns said on Thursday, adding…


CIA Creates New ‘Mission Center’ Focusing on China Threats

The Central Intelligence Agency has announced that it will create a top-level working group aimed at China, calling Beijing “the most important geopolitical threat” America faces today. The China Mission Center aims to address “the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China,” CIA Director William Burns said on Oct. 7, stating that such a…


CIA Creating New ‘Mission Center’ Focusing on China Threats

The Central Intelligence Agency says that it’s creating a top-level working group aimed at China, calling the regime in Beijing “the most important geopolitical threat” America faces today. The China Mission Center aims to address “the global challenge posed by the People’s Republic of China,” CIA Director William Burns said on Oct. 7, stating that such…


Your Call May Be Monitored: China-Like Surveillance Comes to the US

Commentary In China, WeChat has become an indispensable tool for 1.2 billion of the country’s 1.4 billion people. Need to transfer money? Use WeChat. Need to book a doctor’s appointment? Use WeChat. Need to order a taxi? Use WeChat. Need to message a friend? Use WeChat. The “super-app,” as you can see, is used for…


CIA’s Bid to Throttle Down Chinese Espionage May Be Easier Said Than Done: Experts

The Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) reported proposition to create a mission center to keep an eye on the growing threat of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is necessary, but could be considered a lofty idea, former intelligence officers say. Bloomberg recently reported that the CIA is considering the establishment of a new mission center to…


Top CIA Official: al-Qaeda Terrorists Returning to Afghanistan

A senior CIA official on Tuesday acknowledged that terrorist network al-Qaeda is starting to return to Afghanistan, just a few weeks after the U.S. military withdrew from the country. “We are already beginning to see some of the indications of some potential movement of al-Qaeda to Afghanistan,” David Cohen, deputy director of the CIA, said…


EXCLUSIVE: Former US Marine Captain Evacuating as Many as Possible as Aug. 31 Deadline Looms

Elliot Ackerman has served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as a U.S. Marine Corps officer and CIA officer. Over the past 10 days, he and his cohorts have unofficially evacuated around 200 people from Kabul airport. “We gave these people our word, that if they worked with us, we would stand shoulder to shoulder…