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U.S. drones hit Taliban commander's Pakistan house

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Missiles fired by U.S. drones killed at least six people on Monday in a Pakistani village near the Afghan border where a religious school founded by an old friend of Osama bin Laden is located, witnesses said. ...  > full story

Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — At least five people were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border. ...  > full story

Polish prosecutors probe possible CIA jail

WARSAW, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday. ...  > full story

Pakistan raid may signal more U.S. attacks

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. commandos attacked an al Qaeda target in Pakistan this week in an operation that could signal more intense American efforts to thwart militant attacks in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Obama gets first intelligence briefing

ORLANDO, Florida, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Sen. Barack Obama got his first intelligence briefing as the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate this week and spy agencies are ready to do the same for Republican rival Sen. John McCain, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. ...  > full story

U.S. professor guilty in military secrets case

WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — A retired professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee was convicted on Wednesday of violating U.S. arms export controls and passing sensitive data to a Chinese national, the U.S. Justice Department said. ...  > full story

Ex-U.S. law chief mishandled secret papers: probe

WASHINGTON, Sep. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled top-secret notes on a domestic spying program and on the interrogation of terrorism suspects but will not be prosecuted, a Justice Department report said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Appeals court sends wiretap case back to lower court

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to rule on whether lawsuits seeking to target President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping are covered by secrecy laws or can be challenged in court. ...  > full story

U.S. firm guilty in defense exports to Chinese man

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. firm pleaded guilty to illegally providing a Chinese national with data used in developing an unmanned aerial weapons system, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. ...  > full story
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