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Officials: Navigation system failure probable cause of drone crash
December 9, 2011 On the day Iran's government televised footage of a captured American stealth Sentinel drone, U.S. officials and engineers here think it was a problem with the vehicle's navigation system that probably caused it to crash. Iranian state television on Thursday showed Iranian soldiers poking at the aircraft, tan in color ...
Drone was gathering intelligence when it went down in Iran, U.S. officials say
December 6, 2011
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The super-secret drone that Iran claims to have recovered was on a CIA "Focal Point" mission, gathering intelligence and likely crashed though it remains uncertain whether it was able to self-destruct, U.S. officials told National Journal on Tuesday. Controllers lost contact with the prized stealth unmanned aerial drone, the RQ-170 ...
Drone was gathering intelligence when it went down in Iran, U.S. officials say
December 6, 2011 The super-secret drone that Iran claims to have recovered was on a CIA "Focal Point" mission, gathering intelligence and likely crashed though it remains uncertain whether it was able to self-destruct, U.S. officials told National Journal on Tuesday. Controllers lost contact with the prized stealth unmanned aerial drone, the RQ-170 ...
Why Obama might veto defense bill: It would hurt the fight against terrorism
December 5, 2011 Whatever President Obama's legacy may be, he does not want to be seen as the commander in chief who turned the United States into the world's jailer of Muslims without charge. But it's not because he's soft on terrorism. Two administration officials confirmed Friday that the president isn't bluffing about ...
A hot flash in the cold war with Pakistan
November 28, 2011 The relationship between Pakistan and the United States is, for both sides, like a raw nerve that keeps getting exposed. And at a tenuous time too: the NATO coalition in Afghanistan that errantly killed at least 24 Pakistanis on Friday is relying on Pakistan's help to broker peace negotiations between ...
Obama keeps 'change agent' mantle in wake of super committee defeat
November 22, 2011 White House press secretary Jay Carney was exasperated. Talking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to New Hampshire on Tuesday, here was yet another question that he took as suggesting President Obama could have done more to lead the super committee to a happier conclusion than the total ...
Obama to issue executive order on classified info, after WikiLeaks
October 7, 2011
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By executive order, President Obama will instruct federal agencies today to better safeguard their classified secrets, to set up internal audit systems, and to make sure that reluctance to share critical intelligence in the aftermath of the WikiLeaks exposure does not hamper collaboration across agencies. The so-called "WikiLeaks" executive order ...
Obama issues preparedness goals
October 7, 2011 In April, in a presidential policy directive, President Obama asked his government to prioritize the natural and human-made threats facing the country, draw up a plan to prevent or mitigate them if possible, and to respond to them quickly and efficiently if necessary. On Friday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ...
Obama order will require agencies to better secure classified info
October 7, 2011 By executive order, President Obama will instruct federal agencies Friday to better safeguard their classified secrets, to set up internal audit systems, and to make sure that reluctance to share critical intelligence in the aftermath of the WikiLeaks exposure does not hamper collaboration across agencies. The so-called "WikiLeaks" executive order ...
FBI, intel agencies investigating terror threat to New York, Washington
September 8, 2011 The FBI and the intelligence community are "running to ground" a threat to detonate car bombs in New York and Washington on or near the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a senior U.S. counterterrorism official. President Obama was briefed on the threat on Thursday morning, the ...
