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The ODNI, 20 Years After Its Creation: Reflections From the First Director
Reflections From the First Director Amb. John Negroponte remembers getting the call in Baghdad – and the challenges that ...
C.I.A. Director’s Messages in Leaked Chat Were Deleted, Agency Says
A watchdog group has said the exchanges on the Signal app were federal records, and sued in an effort to preserve them.
Missing Signal messages from CIA director’s phone raise cover-up concerns
The CIA’s chief data officer testified in court last month that he was unable to locate any “substantive messages” from CIA ...
CIA Scanned the Agency Head's Phone After 'Signalgate' for Evidence of War Plan Chats. Here's What They Discovered
CIA Director John Ratcliffe's phone was searched after the 'Signalgate' group chat controversy for evidence of war plan ...
Signal War Plans Messages Disappear from CIA Director's Phone
Federal Judge James Boasberg, the chief U.S. district judge in Washington, on March 27 ordered Ratcliffe—along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary ...
CIA Director Ratcliffe urged focus on China before Trump trade war took off: ‘Top of our list’
CIA Director John Ratcliffe emphasized the looming military, technological and economic threats from China in an internal ...
Trump administration task force to consider declassifying COVID-19 origins materials
A new government task force will consider big changes to America's intelligence community and examine whether material about ...