The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has released 2,500 previously classified daily foreign intelligence briefings given to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford during the 1970s that shed new light on a crucial era of Cold War and Third World events. Included in the 28,000 pages of documents are nuggets of fascinating information about world affairs, […]
North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called “brutal” and “medieval” abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam said rights accusations against the North are “fabricated” and “not at all relevant” to […]
Former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney said the Central Intelligence Agency did exactly what the White House wanted in setting up an interrogation program for terror suspects following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Cheney said in a Fox News interview Wednesday the program was designed to catch those responsible and make sure such an attack […]
BEIJING—The United States frequently voices concerns about human rights abuses in China and North Korea. But now, both nations are taking Washington to task after a U.S. Senate report said the CIA tortured suspected terrorists. Late Tuesday, in apparent anticipation of the report’s release and World Human Rights Day, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency argued […]