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Two U.S. drone strikes struck Islamist Death Eaters in Pakistain's tribal badlands on Thursday, killing at least 13 fighters in North Wazoo near the Afghan border, officials said. The aircraft fired missiles hours apart on separate targets in what is...
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This Means War is a goofy comedy about two CIA agents who fall in love with the same woman and compete for her attention. Absurd? Completely-- but the charm of this one is that it doesn't even pretend to take itself seriously. The three corners of the...
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FILE- In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at a meeting with top officials of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow. The FSB said Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, that Russian military officer Lt.-Col. Vladimir... View Photo »
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What’s to stop me? 200 CIA operatives. Black Ops. 200 guys with no wives, no kids, no parents. I send 200 operatives down there, I read in the paper Monday morning, Juan Aguilar is dead. What’s to stop me?
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"The consensus was that [attacking Iran] would guarantee that which we are trying to prevent: an Iran that will spare nothing to build a nuclear weapon and that would build it in secret," Hayden said. Clapper and Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, head of...
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By virtue, spy thrillers carry the burden of being smart, slick and racy, all at the same time. Some able hands manage to induce the right chills and thrills. Others can leave the brain gasping for breath. takes the middle road. Former CIA agent Tobin...
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Toward that end, core al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri released a video calling on Muslims to support Syrian rebels over the weekend. But there has been no discernible rush of would-be attackers to Syria from the outside, added Defense Intelligence...
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 file photo Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Federal Security Service Chief Alexander Bortnikov attend a meeting with top officials of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow. The FSB said Friday,... View Photo »
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If it [cyberattacks] happens to countries, to governments, to the CIA, it can happen to a shoe retailer
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“I can’t do it, Fidel,” she told him. 2. Poisoned wetsuit. While there’s nothing suspicious about receiving random diving gear from your enemy right in the middle of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the CIA gave it a shot. In 1975, the Senate Intelligence...
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Pakistan also kicked the U.S. out of a base in Baluchistan used by American drones. But the move its not expected to significantly impact the program. A suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at a house in North Waziristan's Spalga village on...
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