United States intelligence agencies

Interior Minister Tahiri said in a statement on Wednesday that "joint concrete work has started between the Ministry of Interior, the police and the FBI on the creation of... a National Bureau of Investigations".

Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov discussed on Wednesday measures for fighting terrorism and tackling corruption with FBI Director James Comey, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria.

Their meeting was also attended by US Ambassador to Bulgaria Marcie Ries, the prosecution's press service reports.

FBI head James Comey met on Wednesday Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Sofia while on a visit officially said to deal with security cooperation.

Borisov and Comey also discussed the fight against organized crime and cyber-crime, terrorism, and the US official's forthcoming meetings with his counterpart, DANS head Vladimir Pisanchev, and Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov.

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and the U.S.

The director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations James Comey met the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Eduard Hellvig on Tuesday, and subsequently appreciated the partnership with the SRI among the best the FBI has worldwide.

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President Klaus Iohannis has received on Tuesday the FBI director, James Comey, the visit of the high US official being a good opportunity for the reviewing of some common interest matters, the Presidential Administration informs.

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James Comey, Director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will pay a visit to Bulgaria next week, Sofia-based BGNES news outlet reported on Thursday.

According to insiders, Comey is expected to meet with Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, 24 Chasa daily said.

James Comey was sworn in as the seventh Director of the FBI on 4 September 2013.

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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Ben Emerson, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism has called for prosecution of those responsible for torturing terrorism suspects.

"It has taken four years since the report was finalised to reach this point," said Emmerson in a statement, released by the UN news centre.