CIA Officer: al-Qaida Efforts Still Lag
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A senior CIA officer says bad decisions, understaffing and infighting among intelligence agencies stifled efforts to stop Osama bin Laden and his network. More than three years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the agency remains short-staffed, he says.
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The 9/11 Commission's former head says he asked the CIA for information on the interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects.
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ISLAMABAD: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is concerned that the problems regarding the condition and treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay have not yet been adequately addressed and will pursue discussions with US authorities in
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US still lacks spies on the ground and native speakers to combat Islamic terrorists.
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba The case of an accused al-Qaida accountant set to appear before a US military tribunal is hitting a snag before the proceedings can even start.
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The Bush administration isn't satisfied with the quality of information it's getting about terrorist groups operating in Pakistan's volatile tribal area, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday.
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&#39;We have to wait until the investigation is over to make sure if the attack was related to al-Qaida, or any other organization, or not.
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A key al-Qaida operative who was arrested last month is giving valuable insight about Osama bin Laden's terror network, officials have told The Associated Press, but investigators are still trying to learn whether the so-called "tiny Tanzanian" was on the rise or losing influence when he was nabbed.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush&#39;s nominee to be CIA director promised today to provide Congress and the president with independent, objective intelligence but said it may take longer than previously estimated to have all the needed undercover operatives in
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Within the intelligence community and on Capitol Hill, officials say they believe the delay stems at least partly from continuing uncertainty over what real power and authority the new director will have.
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CIA interrogators used waterboarding on three al-Qaida suspects just after the September 11 attacks, the CIA admitted today
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FBI investigators have made new arrests and developed leads that reinforce concerns that terrorists plan to strike around the presidential election, officials said Saturday, even though the CIA has discredited a person who told its agents of such a plot involving al-Qaida.
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The arrest of al-Qaida in Iraq's second in command took place in June, and not a few days ago as the Iraqi government had initially announced, a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.
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The CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 to interrogate al-Qaida suspects, a European investigator said Friday, detailing harsh treatment that included months of solitary confinement, shackling and sleep deprivation. A CIA spokesman called the report "biased and distorted."
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Sympathizers submitted hundreds of questions to al-Qaida deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri's "on-line interview" before a recent deadline. Among them: Why hasn't al-Qaida attacked the U.S. again, why isn't it attacking the Israelis and when will it be more active in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria?
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The United States and its allies have moved closer to capturing Osama bin Laden in the last two months, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said in a television interview broadcast Saturday.
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Critics question the effectiveness of US intelligence operations, and whether the threat of terrorism has been exaggerated.