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Serbia: CIA spy discovered in MIA? - report
BELGRADE - Operatives of the Security Information Agency (BIA), in cooperation with colleagues from the Serbian Interior Ministry detained a few days ago a high official of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP). He is suspected of leaking classified information to the CIA officers who are serving in the US Embassy in Belgrade, unofficially learned Serbian daily "Novosti".
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CIA Director Pays Unannounced Visit to BiH
BELGRADE - US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan is in Bosnia on an unannounced visit for talks with officials, the Web news publication Balkan Insight reported Friday.
The CIA director arrived from Saudi Arabia, where he met with senior officials from six Gulf Arab nations aimed at coordinating efforts in the conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the report said.
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Analyst on reasons behind CIA chief's visit to Sarajevo
Dzevad Galijasevic, an expert on terrorism, says there are two reasons for the CIA director's visit to Sarajevo on Friday.
Those are "the fight against arms trafficking, and Turkey," Galijasevic said, adding:
Europe on alert over ISIS threat over New Years celebrations
European police have amped security forces after receiving warning from a “friendly” intelligence service that capital cities across the continent could be targets of a terrorist attack before the end of December.
Obama 'Didn't Know' of US Talks with Bulgaria on Russia Overflight Ban
US President Barack Obama didn't know about State Department's move to ask Bulgaria and Greece to deny overflight permissions to Syria-bound Russian planes, Bloomberg says.
A piece on BloombergView reads that "there's disagreement inside the US government" on how to act to prevent Russian from flying combat missions a new air base inside Syria.
Reuters: US Says Contractors Hit in Bulgaria Blast Worked on Syria Task
The US embassy in Sofia has said the three US contractors hit by last week's explosion at a firing range in Bulgaria are employees of a firm hired to work on programme to support moderate opposition forces in Syria, Reuters reported.
Romania Urged to Probe Secret CIA Prisons
"European governments that cooperated with the CIA's secret detention, interrogation and torture operations as part of the USA's global 'war on terror' must act urgently to bring those responsible to justice following a US Senate report containing new details," Amnesty International said in a briefing paper published on Monday.
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Albania Used to Cover Mistaken CIA Rendition
The 500-page US Senate Intelligence Committee report, which provides an account of the intelligence agency's detention and interrogation program in the so-called war against terror, underlines that the CIA soon realized after al-Masri's detention in 2004 that he had no connection to Al-Qaeda.
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Turkey's parliamentary commission on intelligence ‘as important as Armstrong’s step on moon’
A parliamentary commission that will oversee all intelligence activities in Turkey was established on Nov. 20, with the head of the commission describing the move as âsimilar to Neil Armstrongâs first step on the moon.â
Turkish President Erdoğan forms team to monitor Cabinet
The Turkish president is set to establish a team to monitor the work of the Cabinet, despite putatively being above the political realm as the head of state.