Looks like the US is getting serious about knocking off al Qaeda along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan:
The United States has stepped up its use of pilotless planes to strike at Qaeda targets along Pakistan’s rugged border area, a measure that in the past drew protests from President Pervez Musharraf but now has his government’s tacit [...]
NYT is reporting that the Bush Administration is debating exporting the wild successes of its missions in Afghanistan and Iraq to Pakistan:
WASHINGTON — President Bush’s senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas [...]
The Washington Post details the internet security concern the CIA took to an energy and utility trade show this week:
In a rare public warning to the power and utility industry, a CIA analyst this week said cyber attackers have hacked into the computer systems of utility companies outside the United States and made demands, in [...]
The Raw Story is reporting that there is internal dissent in the CIA over who was responsible for Benazir Bhutto’s death last month:
In a 45-minute interview given exclusively to the Washington Post Friday, CIA Director Hayden blamed members of al Qaeda and Baitullah Mehsud, a Pakistani tribal leader.
However, when asked about the allegations that Mehsud, [...]
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