USA

US launches criminal probe into CIA leak

A federal criminal investigation is being opened into the public release of documents said to detail alleged CIA hacking tools.

09/03/2017

USA

Wikileaks publishes data dump of secret CIA files

The whistleblower website Wikileaks has published online a trove of what it claims are thousands of secret CIA files.

08/03/2017

Germany

Spotlight on Germany in Wikileaks CIA spying revelations

Not for the first time, Germany finds itself at the centre of a spying scandal involving the United States.

08/03/2017

USA

WikiLeaks publishes Vault 7 CIA files, what do they reveal?

WikiLeaks published internal CIA communications about hacking techniques its uses to access iPhones, Android and Microsoft Windows devices

08/03/2017

USA

10 years on: family of vanished CIA operative hopeful he's alive

Former FBI agent Robert Levinson disappeared in Iran ten years ago while on an unauthorised mission for the CIA.

08/03/2017

USA

Wikileaks: CIA spy tools hack phones, TVs and apps

The whistleblower website Wikileaks has published "Year Zero", a large cache of what it says are secret CIA documents detailing hacking tools used to evade security on phones, apps and hand held-devic

07/03/2017

USA

Wikileaks publishes details of CIA "hacking tools"

They are said to include malware that targets a variety of operating systems. The UK's MI5 agency is said to have built a system of spyware attack that targets Samsung televisions.

07/03/2017

Portugal

Ex-CIA officer avoids extradition to Italy in "rendition" case

A former CIA officer convicted of involvement in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Italy has been released by authorities in Lisbon after winning a last minute reprieve from…

02/03/2017

Turkey

CIA Director Pompeo in Ankara to discuss the fight against ISIL

Just days after taking office, the new CIA Director Mike Pompeo has arrived in Ankara on Thursday for high-level talks with the Turkish government.

09/02/2017

USA

Mike Pompeo is sworn in as CIA chief

President Donald Trump has had another of his nominees approved by a Senate committee.

24/01/2017

USA

'Russian campaign was multifaceted' says US election report

A declassified report released on Friday is the US intelligence community’s starkest public description yet of what it claims were unprecedented Russian moves to manipulate American…

07/01/2017

USA

Trump dismisses reports of Russian meddling

The US President-elect says he does not believe reports that intelligence agencies concluded Russia intervened in the presidential election on his behalf.

11/12/2016

USA

CIA says Russia helped Donald Trump win the White House

A secret CIA report says Russia interfered in last month’s US election with the aim of helping Donald Trump win.

10/12/2016

Cinema

Oliver Stone tells Edward Snowden's story

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone brings whistleblower Edward Snowden's story to the big screen. The former CIA employee, who lives in exile in Russia, has asked US President Obama to grant him a pa

15/09/2016

Portugal

Former CIA agent to be extradited to Italy over 'extraordinary rendition'

Portugal’s High Court has ruled that former CIA agent Sabina De Sousa is to be extradited to Italy for her involvement in an illegal counter-terrorism…

09/06/2016

Cinema

Killer Kevin Costner gets someone else's memories in "Criminal"

Death row inmate Kevin Costner gets a memory implant in “Criminal”, not to remember how to make a hit movie again, but as a sort of hard disc for a

12/04/2016

Portugal

Ex-CIA agent loses extradition appeal and looks likely to serve jail term in Italy

Former CIA operative Sabrina de Sousa has lost her appeal in Portugal’s supreme court against extradition to Italy to serve a six-year sentence for

12/04/2016

USA

WikiLeakes release documents from CIA chief's email account

WikiLeaks has released documents it says have been collected from CIA director John Brennan’s personal email account.. They include an early version

22/10/2015

Cinema

Richie breathes life into "Man from UNCLE" brand

Guy Richie takes on another franchisable household name, one that has been in the kitsch cupboard for a while, with “The Man from UNCLE”. Reviving

24/08/2015

My Europe Series

Spies like us: why did German intelligence help America's NSA access their citizens data?

14/05/2015