Bin Laden and Omar said operating in Pakistan Mullah Omar and other Taliban leaders are directing 'insurgency' operations in Afghanistan from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while al Qaeda [al-CIAduh] leader Osama bin Laden is operating from Pakistan's tribal areas, a senior U.S. administration official said on Friday.
Cheney Defends Use of Harsh Interrogations Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney on Thursday vigorously defended the use of torture on a few suspected terrorists, saying that the methods made up "a tougher program, for tougher customers" and might have averted another attack on the United States.
CIA Monitors YouTube For Intelligence In keeping with its mandate to gather intelligence, the CIA is watching YouTube. U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), are looking increasingly online for intelligence; they have become major consumers of social media.
Afghan opium production up 34% last year Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 34% last year, according to figures published today by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Afghanistan supplies around 90% of the world's opium, the main ingredient in heroin.
State senator, soldier investigated over uniform The U.S. Army Reserve is investigating a Hispanic soldier and state Sen. Mike Delph because the soldier wore his uniform at a Statehouse news conference while testifying for an immigration bill Delph is sponsoring. Delph, R-Carmel, said the investigation concerned Lt. Col. Ray Mejia's wearing his Army Reserve uniform while speaking at Monday's news conference, as well as Delph's participation in the matter.
Cheney Defends Use of Harsh Interrogations Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney on Thursday vigorously defended the use of torture on a few suspected terrorists, saying that the methods made up "a tougher program, for tougher customers" and might have averted another attack on the United States.
CIA Monitors YouTube For Intelligence In keeping with its mandate to gather intelligence, the CIA is watching YouTube. U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), are looking increasingly online for intelligence; they have become major consumers of social media.
Afghan opium production up 34% last year Opium production in Afghanistan increased by 34% last year, according to figures published today by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. Afghanistan supplies around 90% of the world's opium, the main ingredient in heroin.
State senator, soldier investigated over uniform The U.S. Army Reserve is investigating a Hispanic soldier and state Sen. Mike Delph because the soldier wore his uniform at a Statehouse news conference while testifying for an immigration bill Delph is sponsoring. Delph, R-Carmel, said the investigation concerned Lt. Col. Ray Mejia's wearing his Army Reserve uniform while speaking at Monday's news conference, as well as Delph's participation in the matter.
Fred Thompson Backs McCain — Fred Thompson, the one-time Republican presidential candidate, endorsed Sen. John McCain Friday, calling on the party to “close ranks” behind the presumed nominee. — “This is no longer about past preferences or differences.
Deep Background: Where is al-Qaida's American? — Where is accused terrorist Adam Gadahn? — That's what Taliban sources along the Afghan-Pakistan border are wondering about the American-born al-Qaida member. Gadahn, known as Azzam al-Ameriki (Azzam the American), joined al-Qaida in 2003
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