White House discloses limits on drone usage
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama does not have the authority to use a drone to kill a U.S. citizen on American soil if the citizen is not engaged in combat.
Iran runs altered images of Michelle Obama gown
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state media has run altered images of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's Oscars appearance, making her gown look less revealing...
Why Obama is picking Hagel for Defense secretary
ANALYSIS - Chuck Hagel is a conservative on most issues and his selection allows President Obama, like with his first Cabinet, to say he is reaching across party lines for advice...
'Zero Dark Thirty' filmmakers defend torture scenes
theGRIO REPORT - The upcoming feature film 'Zero Dark Thirty,' a fact-based narrative about the search and assassination of Osama bin Laden, has been scrutinized since its inception, now on the hot seat for endorsing the use of waterboarding to obtain intelligence information...
CIA deputy: Susan Rice got initial assessment on Libya
WASHINGTON (AP) - The deputy CIA director has told lawmakers that U.N. ambassador Susan Rice was provided with an unclassified version of what happened during the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that later proved to be incorrect...
Obama holds 1st official post-election presser
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama was expected to make his first public comments Wednesday on the growing scandal around two of the country's most well-known generals, while lawmakers dug into the tangled tale of emails...
Friend: Petraeus began affair after taking CIA job
WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Gen. David Petraeus began an affair with his biographer in 2011, two months after he became CIA director, a friend and former top aide said Monday...
CIA director quits over extramarital affair
NBC NEWS - CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affair and 'extremely poor judgement'...
New mayor calls Obama 'manifestation of evil'
CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - A former New Mexico mayor who called President Barack Obama 'the carnal manifestation of evil' and said Obama's election was part of a CIA conspiracy has been elected to his former job...
Eric Holder will address 'targeted killings'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months after the CIA sought out and killed an American-born cleric and al-Qaida operative in Yemen, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to explain how the U.S. can legally kill U.S. citizens on foreign soil...
