Tag Archives: Central Intelligence Agency
By Colin Todhunter In an increasingly media-driven age, language is everything and is often used by officialdom to tyrannise meaning. With the deaths of millions on its hands since 1945, the US has become the world’s number one terror state. … read more »
Alan W. Dowd The unfolding scandal surrounding former CIA Director David Petraeus has many layers, far more than we can see today. But even at this early hour, some things are clear. For ease of discussion, let’s put these things—“known … read more »
By Rick Esenberg The bar for scandals has been getting pretty high. When I was a kid, a president was forced from office because he tried to cover up illegal behavior by his subordinates. As Nixon put it, “mistakes were … read more »
The military scandal gripping America took an extraordinary twist last night when a second general was linked to one of the two women who precipitated the fall of CIA director General David Petraeus. Petraeus, 60, hailed by some as the … read more »
The Deeper Questions Behind the Ambassador’s Murder … and the CIA Boss’ Sudden Resignation While the GOP is attacking (and Dems defending) the Obama administration in connection with the murder of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, there is a deeper … read more »
by PATRICK BOND Durban, South Africa. Would Barack Obama’s re-election advance African democracy and prosperity? Evidence suggests not, though the alternative in the November 6 election would probably be worse. Obama’s most important important policy speech on Africa, in Ghana … read more »
On the eve of Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Democratic Party nomination for reelection as president, a new report detailing the waterboarding and other forms of CIA torture meted out to Libyan detainees served to demolish the Democrats’ image, endlessly … read more »
By: Jim Kouri During a Labor Day campaign rally in Detroit, Michigan, Vice President Joe Biden gave his own answer to the question “are you better off today than four years ago?” Biden yelled: “I’ve got a little bumper sticker … read more »
Long time Ethiopian dictator Meles Zenawi, missing in action for almost 2 months now, is reported to be in a coma leaving the Obama White House’s Crisis Team for Africa scrambling to find a replacement. Officially, Ethiopian “Prime Minister” Meles … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Thomas C. Mountain
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Explo Nani-Kofi Ghana became independent from British rule in 1957. Ghana also saw its first military coup d’etat on 24 February 1966 led Lt Col E.K. Kotoka to overthrow the Pan-Africanist and socialist-oriented government of Kwame Nkrumah. The politics in … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, breaking news, Central Intelligence Agency, East Africa, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jerry Rawlings, Kwame Nkrumah, National Redemption Council, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Pan African Youth Movement, United States, West Africa
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Wayne MADSEN The Fourth Estate has never been under as much pressure in the United States as it has been under the Obama administration. On the 40th anniversary of the Watergate scandal that brought down the Nixon administration, thanks to … read more »
Posted in America, Columnist, Global Issues, Wayne MADSEN
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Tagged 1917 Espionage Act, Bush Administration, Central Intelligence Agency, Chicago Sun-Times, New York Times, obama, United States, White House
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What does it take for a country to be kicked off the U.S. foreign aid dole? We might soon be learning the answer to that question, thanks to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and its consistent efforts to antagonize the … read more »
A nuclear deal with Iran? An organized retreat from Afghanistan? The eurozone picking up a little bit of steam? Stable oil prices? Forget it. The crucial foreign elector recruited for Obama II at the White House is one Osama bin … read more »
NAIROBI — Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki quashed rumours of his death by appearing on a special state-run television interview aired late Saturday, his first appearance in a month. Rumours had grown on Eritrean websites that Issaias, who has led the … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Spotlight
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Nairobi – Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki is at the “peak of his health” the secretive Red Sea state said Monday, in a statement aimed to quash rumours the authoritarian leader is sick. Blaming “demonising campaigns” by the United States spy … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Eritrea, News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Asmara, Central Intelligence Agency, Eritrea, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Qatar, Red Sea, United States
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By Wayne MADSEN (USA) The Pentagon has already declared World War III and President Barack Obama and the Congress never even carried out their constitutional duties to approve the use of American military power for war. One might reasonably conclude … read more »
Posted in Global Issues
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Tagged Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Gene Sharp, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, KelKel, Otpor, Ukraine, United States, World War III
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Based on its recent string of failures, most notably those that have occurred under America’s top general-turned-spymaster David Petraeus, the CIA has become a third-tier intelligence agency that is trying to prop around the world up a failing, financially bankrupt, … read more »
The whistleblowing website Wikileaks has begun releasing sensational information on the multi billion dollar global spying industry. The database contains hundreds of documents shining a light on the methods being used by secret services all over the world. Mass interception … read more »
December 3, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Zambia will not arrest former US president George W Bush during his African tour for violating international torture laws, the foreign minister said on Saturday. Rights group Amnesty International on Thursday urged Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Amnesty International, bush, Central Intelligence Agency, Ethiopia, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, Tanzania, United States, Zambia
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September 5, 2011 by benim
A doctor at a Tripoli hospital has told Sky News she believes as many as 30,000 men are missing after Libya’s six-month revolution. Dr Aman Said Hamad said she feared they might never be traced – believing many were now … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, David Cameron, Government of the United Kingdom, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, member of parliament, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Peter Gibson, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 5, 2011 by benim
An inquiry examining allegations the UK was complicit in the mistreatment of terror suspects abroad will now include links between the intelligence and security services and Libya. The Prime Minister told MPs “signficant allegations” had been reported but steps had … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, David Cameron, Government of the United Kingdom, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, member of parliament, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Peter Gibson, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Damning claims have emerged that Britain helped send a terror suspect into the bloody hands of Colonel Gaddafi. A secret letter found in an abandoned Libyan government building appears to show that MI6 provided intelligence which led to the ‘rendition’ … read more »
September 5, 2011 by benim
London – A senior Libyan rebel commander on Monday demanded an apology from Britain and the US after seized documents suggested both countries were complicit in a plan that led to his detention and torture. Files unearthed from Muammar Gaddafi’s … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, Hong Kong, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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September 4, 2011 by benim
Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief indicate the U.S. and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The documents were uncovered by the human rights … read more »
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Tagged Abu Salim prison, Central Intelligence Agency, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tripoli, United States, West Africa
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September 3, 2011 by benim
Secret files have been found by Human Rights Watch which show the close intelligence relationship between the UK, US and Libya. They reveal that MI6 and the CIA had a regular dialogue with their counterparts in Libyan Intelligence, in particular … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Central Intelligence Agency, Downing Street, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tony Blair, United States, West Africa
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September 3, 2011 by benim
Washington – Files found at a Libyan government building show strong co-operation between the CIA and Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence agencies, including shipping terror suspects to the North African country for interrogation, a report said on Friday. The Central Intelligence Agency, … read more »
Nestled in a back corner of Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport is a sprawling walled compound run by the Central Intelligence Agency. Set on the coast of the Indian Ocean, the facility looks like a small gated community, with more … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Central Intelligence Agency, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Middle East, Mogadishu, North Africa, Pan African News, Politics of Somalia, somali government, Somalia, Southern Africa, Transitional Federal Government, United States, West Africa
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A senior member of Somalia’s Shebab insurgents was indicted Tuesday in New York on terror charges after being interrogated on a US warship for two months, officials said. Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was captured by the US military in the Gulf … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Ahmed Warsame, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, All Africa, AlQaeda, Arab League, breaking news, Central Intelligence Agency, East Africa, High Value Interrogation Group, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, US Army Field Manual, West Africa
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A pivotal moment in the long, tortuous quest to find Osama bin Laden came years before U.S. spy agencies discovered his hermetic compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In July 2007, then Senator Barack Obama’s top foreign policy advisers met in the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, breaking news, Central Intelligence Agency, East Africa, George W. Bush, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, Noth Africa, Osama bin Laden, Southern Africa, Special Forces (United States Army), The Hunt for Bin Laden, West Africa, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, World news
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Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani rejected allegations on Monday that the killing of Osama bin Laden near Islamabad by U.S. forces showed Pakistani incompetence or complicity in hiding the al Qaeda leader. Opposition politicians have stepped up their criticism … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, breaking news, Central Intelligence Agency, Government of Pakistan, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Inter-Services Intelligence, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, Osama bin Laden, United States Navy SEALs, World news, Yousaf Raza Gillani
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