9/11 mastermind wanted to design vacuum cleaner in CIA prison

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 21:09

Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed asked his jailers whether he could design a vacuum cleaner?

Too early to comment on Osama bin Laden failure: Pakistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 18:03

The Pakistan government said that it was too early to say whether someone would be punished for failing to detect Osama bin Laden`s stay in the country.

`Why was Osama killing report not made public`

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 17:55

Al Jazeera`s release of the Abbottabad Commission report on the killing of Osama bin Laden is a hugely damaging and embarrassing episode in Pakistan`s history.

Osama bin Laden was `poor uncle` for kids of his servant

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 17:34

Several interesting aspects of Osama bin Laden have been revealed in a leaked report prepared by Pakistani investigators.

NSA whistleblower - hero or traitor, US debates

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 14:12

Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden put everything on the line to unveil the most closely guarded government secrets in an effort to preserve cherished US freedoms.

NSA leaker Edward Snowden disappears from Hong Kong hotel

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 09:39

The US spy who spilled the beans on NSA’s secret surveillance programmes, went missing from his hotel in Hong Kong, where he was ensconced since May 20, reports said Tuesday.

Snowden`s employer became rich by maintaining govt secrets

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 20:34

Over the last decade, much of the company`s growth has come from selling expertise, technology and manpower to the National Security Agency and other federal intelligence agencies.

Snags seen in any US bid to extradite NSA whistleblower

Last Updated: Monday, June 10, 2013, 19:05

Snowden, a 29-year-old government contractor, is believed to be in the southern Chinese city after leaking details of a secret US Internet surveillance programme.

Ex-CIA boss leaked Osama raid details to filmmaker?

Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 13:26

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta has been accused of revealing the name of the commander of the raid that killed Osama, to the writer of Zero Dark Thirty.

UK to probe how intelligence agency failed to stop Woolwich

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 19:29

A British parliamentary committee will examine whether the country`s intelligence service failed in assessing the threat posed by two apparent Islamists who butchered a soldier on a London street last week.

Two held in Tunisia for spying for Israel`s Mossad

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 10:01

Two young Tunisians have been arrested over suspicions that they work for Israel`s Mossad intelligence agency.

Karzai confirms receiving cash deliveries from CIA

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 18:41

After Karzai`s statement on Monday, the presidential palace in Kabul said in a statement that the CIA cash "has been used for different purposes, such as in operations, assisting wounded Afghan soldiers and paying rent".