He was Army Infantry Intelligence officer and then CIA analyst for total of 30 years, and was Presidential briefer from 1981 to 1985.. Obama was Commander In Chief who led the US into Syria based on lies that ISIS was ally of West and that they were some kind of force for good in the..…

This is part of the strategy that United States pursued under George Bush and then again under Obama and what we are seeing now is the US military and CIA out of control in backing ISIS militants, backing their destabilization, Press TV in interview on Friday.. ..…

McGovern, who was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990, made the comments in an interview with Press TV on Saturday, after US President Barrack Obama told The Atlantic that he is “proud” that he stood up to intense pressure in 2013 and refused to order airstrikes against Syria on allegations..…

Obama avoided even lesser forms of accountability. No CIA official was fired or demoted for participating in the rendition and torture programs; whatever his own views on accountability, Obama did not want to “lose” the CIA. Early in the Obama administration,..…

He also said of David Petraeus, who served under President Obama as head of the CIA (though he himself is a Republican), that his well-publicized affair occurred because “He’s a man.” . . ..…

 From left to right FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, DNI Director James Clapper, NSA Director Michael Rogers and DIA Director Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart. The Obama administration has accused China of being behind the recently-revealed hack of information. ..…

Obama eliminated the CIA's separate interrogation regime. Congress should go a step further and explicitly bind the CIA's adherence to established and lawful techniques. ... Obama may preserve flexibility to authorize, in emergency situations, tougher techniques than those..…

While some intelligence experts are skeptical of President Obama’s case for bombing Syria, others trust the allegations and mock those who doubt the justification for war. Ex-CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman is part of the latter group but agrees with the first that Obama should..…

Prior to the Senate’s passage of the bill, nearly every government official with responsibility over counterterrorism, from FBI head Robert Mueller to CIA director David Petraeus, had voiced concerns that the bill would have a negative impact on US counterterrorism efforts. . President..…

Because Awlaki allegedly collaborated in terrorist attempts to kill Americans, including the botched “underwear” bombing over Detroit on Christmas 2009, he was hunted down and killed by a CIA drone attack with no due process beyond Obama putting Awlaki’s name on a “capture-or-kill”..…

By contrast, the military, the Defense Department, CIA, and Department of Homeland Security all get higher marks from Republicans than Democrats. . Just 12% of Republicans say the Obama administration has done an excellent or good job. ..…