Spy Agency

Obama's plans to reform spy agency access to phone metadata in question

President Barack Obama's pledge to reform the way U.S. spy agencies access vast amounts of metadata on Americans' telephone calls is facing increasing obstacles, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

CIA chief John Brennan pushes for complete overhaul of spy agency

CIA Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping internal review that could dramatically change how the country's leading spy agency is organized, officials said today.

Background of Alexis, Snowden was checked by same firm

USIS, working as a contractor for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), conducted a background review of Aaron Alexis, identified by law enforcement authorities as the shooter who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard before he was shot dead.

NSA phone queries database between 2006-2009 broke court rules

The National Security Agency repeatedly violated privacy rules between 2006 and 2009 by running phone record searches without sufficient intelligence tying some of the numbers to suspected terrorists, according to US officials and documents that were declassified on Tuesday.

Pakistan bans 'Agent Vinod' for ISI references?

Spy film Agent Vinod, starring Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, has been banned in Pakistan. The reason reportedly is the reference made in the film to Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI.