US intelligence agencies

Putin fighting cancer, may have survived an assassination attempt: US Intel

The revelations have come by high-ranking officials at three separate intelligence agencies after months of speculation that the Russian strongman is suffering from terminal ailments.

Aug 22, 2022, 16:52 PM IST

Ex-CIA Director Stansfield Turner, who served under Carter, dies at 94

President Jimmy Carter had signed an executive order in 1978 giving Turner authority over all U.S. intelligence agencies.

Jan 19, 2018, 10:15 AM IST

Blame cyberattack on hackers, not spy agencies, White House

Cybersecurity experts say the unknown hackers used a hole in Microsoft software that was discovered by the National Security Agency. The hole was exposed when NSA documents were leaked online.

May 16, 2017, 21:56 PM IST

Unable to stop Syria's war, US offers Russia new partnership

The United States offered Russia a broad new military partnership in Syria.

Jul 15, 2016, 11:18 AM IST

Twitter prohibits US intelligence agencies from using analytics service

Twitter owns 5% stake in Dataminr, the only company it authorizes both to access its entire real-time stream of public tweets and sell it to clients.

May 09, 2016, 21:07 PM IST

Twitter blocks US intelligence agencies from security alert service

Amid the growing concerns over terrorism, security and users` privacy, micro-blogging website Twitter has barred US intelligence agencies from accessing a service that sends alerts about unfolding terror attacks and political unrest, the Wall Street Journal reported.

May 09, 2016, 16:40 PM IST

China says carrying out tests of new long-range missile

The Washington Free Beacon said last week U.S. intelligence agencies had recently monitored a test of the DF-41 on the train, a missile that could hit US targets.

Dec 31, 2015, 19:10 PM IST

Germany drops probe into alleged US tapping of Merkel cellphone

"The Chief Federal Prosecutor has closed the investigation over suspected spying on a mobile phone used by the chancellor by US intelligence services ... because the allegation cannot be proven in a legally sound way under criminal law," it said in a statement.

Jun 12, 2015, 16:12 PM IST