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President Obama Visits CIA Headquarters

United States President Barack Obama is escorted by CIA Director Leon Panetta (R) after addressing CIA employees at the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Headquarters) in McLean, Virginia on Monday, April 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Ron Sachs/Pool)


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CIA releases IG torture report
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The CIA, under court orders, Monday released a 2004 inspector general's report on alleged abuses during interrogation of terror suspects.
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CIA, Blackwater planned assassination
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA for a clandestine effort to assassinate al-Qaida operatives, officials said.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- A House panel announced an investigation Friday into charges the CIA violated U.S. laws by failing to inform Congress of an assassination program.
CIA kill teams modeled on Israel commandos
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Proposed CIA kill teams were to be modeled on teams fielded by Israel after the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, a former senior U.S. official told Newsweek.
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