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Kabul bomber was on a suicide mission to India in 2017

Was deported after CIA tip-off

The Hindu · Feb 2, 2022

The CIA tortured him after 9/11. Then they lied. Will the truth ever come out?

Calls mount for release of full Senate report on the torture of Abu Zubaydah, to counter a narrative too many Americans still believe – that torture works

The Guardian - US · Jan 29, 2022

Alleged Nicolás Maduro co-conspirator Cliver Alcalá says CIA knew about Venezuelan coup plans

A retired Venezuelan army general says US officials were aware of his efforts to oust Nicolás Maduro — a role he says should immediately debunk criminal charges that he worked alongside the country's leader to flood the US with cocaine.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Who is Yevhen Murayev, named by Britain as Kremlin's pick to lead Ukraine?

Britain has accused the Kremlin of wanting to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for a military offensive.

Reuters · Jan 23, 2022

Ex-CIA operative begging Irish government to grant him asylum so he can avoid facing multi-million dollar fraud charge

Soldier turned business film mogul Don Victor Cisternino — who is locked up in Croatia pending his extradition to the United States for charges over an alleged €6.4 million loan scam — also has an Irish passport and has pleaded with authorities here to give him political asylum

Dublin Live · Jan 22, 2022

Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2022

If ‘Havana syndrome’ isn’t a global, coordinated attack as CIA now says, then what is it?

WASHINGTON — The CIA doesn’t believe that a foreign adversary is engaged in a global campaign targeting U.S. personnel wielding a secret weapon, intelligence officials revealed this week. But the agency still cannot explain a core group of over two dozen cases — including those in Cuba that drove the…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 21, 2022

CIA releases report on mystery 'Havana Syndrome' illness

The illness first came to public attention in 2016 after dozens of diplomats became unwell while working at the US Embassy in Havana, Cuba

Wales Online · Jan 21, 2022

CIA rules out ‘worldwide campaign’ in mysterious Havana Syndrome attacks

‘While we have reached some significant interim findings, we are not done,’ says CIA Director William Burns

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2022

‘Havana syndrome’ unlikely caused by hostile foreign power, CIA says

Investigation finds majority of cases probably linked to pre-existing medical conditions, environmental factors or stress

The Guardian - US · Jan 20, 2022