Author: Pamela Hess
-
CIA attack a blow, but U.S. anti-terror hunt continues
WASHINGTON — The deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan probably will not be the last. The U.S. is not pulling back on covert operations to hunt terrorists there and in Pakistan and will go on taking chances on human tipsters to help. In fact, the United States struck back at militant targets in Pakistan…
-
Suicide bomber was invited onto base
WASHINGTON — The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday A former senior intelligence official says the man was being courted as an informant and that it…
-
Republicans rebuke administration over airline security
WASHINGTON — Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment.His success in smuggling and partially igniting the material on Friday’s flight to…