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Turkish Sources: CIA Chief to Visit, Discuss Security Issues

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo will visit Turkey on Thursday in his first overseas visit to discuss security issues, including Turkey's fight against a movement led by a U.S.-based cleric accused of orchestrating the failed military coup, Turkish officials said.
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Publish Date:08/February/2017 | 08:16

Denying feud over Russia hacking, Trump vows support to CIA

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump tried to ease tensions with the CIA on Saturday, telling officers he had their back after he had leveled unprecedented criticism against spy agencies for their investigation into Russian hacking during the election.
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Publish Date:22/January/2017 | 05:19

Trump Will Visit Headquarters of CIA He Criticized Over Leaks

EghtwsadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump will visit CIA headquarters in Virginia on Saturday on his first full day in office, traveling to the nerve center of a U.S. spy apparatus he criticized over intelligence reports Russia worked to assist his election, said a person familiar with the plans.
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Publish Date:20/January/2017 | 11:53

CIA director warns Trump to watch what he says, be careful on Russia

EghtesadOnline: Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday issued a stern parting rebuke to Republican Donald Trump days before he assumes the U.S. presidency, advising him not to absolve Russia for its recent actions and warning him to watch what he says.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 17:44

U.S. intelligence agencies feud with Republicans over Russian hacking

EghtesadOnline: Republican members of Congress are complaining that U.S. intelligence agencies are refusing to brief them widely on a classified CIA report that concluded Russia hacked Democratic Party data in an effort to help Donald Trump win the presidency.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 08:03

Mr. Trump, here’s what other presidents learned from the CIA

EghtesadOnline: Presidential transitions are perilous times. One tradition of creating continuity is for commanders-in-chief in waiting to be briefed by the Central Intelligence Agency. Some presidents-elect can’t get enough of the top-secret stuff. Some half-listen as they gear up in great haste to take office.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 07:58

McConnell, Ryan Back CIA After Trump Attacks Hacking Probe

EghtesadOnline: The two top Republicans in Congress offered strong support for the intelligence community Monday, in sharp contrast to President-elect Donald Trump’s attack on the CIA after reports the agency found that the Russian government tried to help him win the presidency.
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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 05:15

17 CIA Spies Arrested, Some Sentenced to Death

EghtesadOnline: Iran has captured 17 people acting as spies for the US Central Intelligence Agency and some of them have been sentenced to death, the Intelligence Ministry said on Monday.
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Publish Date:23/July/2019 | 10:14

CIA Defends Haspel’s Role in Destruction of Tapes

EghtesadOnline: The Central Intelligence Agency declassified a 2011 memo by then-Deputy Director Michael Morell on his decision not to discipline Gina Haspel -- President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the organization -- for her role in destroying tapes of detainee interrogations that critics called torture.
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Publish Date:21/April/2018 | 14:07

Iran blasts US spy chief's meddling remarks

EghtesadOnline: Spokesman for Iranian Foreign Ministry described the anti-Iran charges made by the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) as 'inexcusable and inappropriate'.
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Publish Date:31/January/2018 | 10:10

Trump’s CIA Chief Says U.S. Plans to Stop Leaks, ‘Punish’ Leakers

EghtesadOnline: Russia “meddled” in last year’s presidential election as part of a decades-long effort to “undermine American democracy,” said CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in an interview where he also said the Trump administration plans to stop leaks and “punish” leakers.
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Publish Date:25/June/2017 | 04:38

Ex- CIA chief: Worries grew of Trump campaign contacts to Russia

EghtesadOnline: Former CIA director John Brennan said on Tuesday he had noticed contacts between associates of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia during the 2016 election and grew concerned Moscow had sought to lure Americans down "a treasonous path."
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Publish Date:24/May/2017 | 05:02

Trump gives CIA authority to conduct drone strikes: WSJ

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency new authority to conduct drone attacks against suspected militants, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing U.S. officials.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 06:17

WikiLeaks Seeks to Work With Companies After CIA Data Leak

EghtesadOnline: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said the group will work with technology companies to close gaps identified in thousands of Central Intelligence Agency documents it published this week as well as in additional material it has yet to disclose.
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Publish Date:11/March/2017 | 24:01

CIA 'mission' on cars shows concern about next-generation vehicles

EghtesadOnline: WikiLeaks documents showing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency considered a "mission" against connected car technology underscores auto industry concern that the science behind the next generation of vehicles could be turned against them.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 08:21