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Newly Released Memo Inadvertently Reveals CIA Held (and Abused) Missing Prisoner

According to various reports, a U.S.-held detainee named Hassan Ghul provided key intelligence on the courier who ultimately led authorities to Osama bin Laden. In 2009 we reported that, despite the U.S.’s silence on his case, Ghul had been captured in Iraq and held in a secret CIA prison.

The Questionable Cost of America’s Spy Games

Everyone loves a good spy story, but as recent cases show, they don't always live up to the hype.

U.S. Terror Targets Unprotected, According to Former CIA Official

A former CIA counterterrorism operative says little has been done to make America safer since Sept. 11.

CIA Creates Transparency Page That Doesn’t Reveal Much

Following a White House directive, the Central Intelligence Agency finally posts an open government Web page.

When an Intelligence Story Isn’t

Covering the intelligence community isn’t easy. So when a story seems to be wrong – as happened with a recent Washington Post story – sometimes it depends on what your definition of “wrong” is.

Review of Gitmo Detainees Has Been Slow and Complex

The work of a task force evaluating the prisoners has been complicated by legal constraints, turf battles and a mountain of documents.

Do CIA Cables Show Doctors Monitoring Torture?

Word of "medical updates" on a prisoner adds to concerns about doctors' roles in interrogations.

Has Consulting Firm For CIA Gone MIA?

Reports have linked two former military psychologists to waterboarding. Now their office has closed.

Philly Narc Raids and Torture Tunnel Vision

Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown

More than two years after President Bush acknowledged the program of secret overseas prisons, many who were jailed remain unaccounted for.

List of Likely CIA Prisoners Who Are Still Missing

Most of those captured and held in secret prisons have not been identified by the government, but human rights groups have tried to track them.

Bush Memos Suggest Abuse Isn’t Torture If a Doctor Is There

Health professionals were assigned to monitor interrogations and to intervene if coercive techniques went too far.

Corruption Touched CIA’s Covert Operations

Obama Pauses on Changes to Terror Policies