A blurring of lines, "a significant breach of the demarcation that should exist between an agent and their handlers" is how the Operation Kenova report categorised the relationship between Stakeknife and the spooks who managed him during his time as an informer. Treated like a prize asset to be protected at any costs, the intelligence he provided was only passed on if it could be done without compromising him, resulting in the deaths of people who could possibly have been saved.
The White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA's role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report's publication reveal. The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research
Calls rang out on Thursday for President Donald Trump to fire his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, after a Wall Street Journal report found she posted the name of an undercover CIA agent working on Russia to social media without informing the CIA. Last week, Gabbard posted a list of 37 names of former and current intelligence officers to X who she stripped of their security clearances and accused of betraying their oath to the Constitution.
