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...nuclear watchdog agency excoriated Iran for continuing to stonewall investigations into the country's nuclear program. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) accused Tehran of failing to disclose information about missile development, high-explosive testing and military involvement in the nuclear program--all of which could suggest a covert nuclear weapons program. The report provides ammunition for critics pressing Iran to stop uranium enrichment. Iran's parliament, meanwhile, elected as its speaker former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani--who promptly denounced the report and said Iran may curtail its cooperation with the IAEA in the future...
...were open, more prominent party figures, many of whom now argue passionately for unity behind Brown, could enter the ring. Among the names mentioned are David Milliband, the baby-faced but brilliant Foreign Secretary; Ed Balls, the Education Secretary, who was a key Brown operative in the years of covert internecine war against Tony Blair's camp; and the young Blairite James Purnell, who currently serves as Secretary of State for Works and Pensions. Even older figures such as Justice Secretary Jack Straw might be tempted...
...tide of lawsuits and criminal proceedings, plus investigations by Congress. To help secret agents who may need the advice of a lawyer, CIA director Michael Hayden this week generously offered CIA employees the ultimate perk: full reimbursement of legal-liability insurance. And it will cover all employees involved in covert activity, not just those working in counterterrorism and counterproliferation...
...cabinets, the co-directors interviewed individuals whose jobs are to keep the government’s secrets. Some of the film’s subjects include Tom Blanton, Director of the National Security Archives; Mike Levin, National Security Agency retiree; and former CIA agent Melissa Mahle who worked in covert operations in the Middle East. Blanton and Levin accompanied the directors to the Sundance Film Festival, where “Secrecy” was among the less-than 2% of documentary submissions chosen for screening. Audiences reacted enthusiastically, engaging in discussions on both the film’s aesthetic...
...from the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean. From 1966 onward it was racked by 25 years of war. N'Djamena was destroyed and the country divided into rival fiefdoms. Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi tried to annex Chad, prompting France and the U.S. to fund a covert contra war in support of Chadian warlord-turned-President Hissène Habr...