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Russia''s failures in Ukraine mean Putin''s options are narrowing, and "he has to feel things closing in on him," said the former acting CIA director.

"We believe that their confirmation (or denial) of the information Zubaydah seeks would be tantamount to a disclosure from the CIA itself," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the majority.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in interrogating Abu Zubaydah, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to waterboarding.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that two former CIA contractors cannot be questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in interrogating Abu Zubaydah, a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to waterboarding. The justices ruled 6-3 that Central Intelligence Agency contractors James Elmer Mitchell and […]

The U.S. government invoked "state secrets" to shield testimony on how prisoners were tortured by the CIA.

The Supreme Court case dealt partly with when and how the government may cite the state secrets privilege to withhold evidence or shut down a lawsuit.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a Guantanamo Bay detainee’s request for information about his alleged torture at the hands of CIA contractors in Poland following the Sept. 11 attacks.In a fractured opinion, the justices sided with a U.S….

Luongo: Opening Salvos Thrown, What Are Putin''s Next Steps In Ukraine? Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, ''n Guns blog, Last week I wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin r ewrote the rules for the geopolitical game board. A week into his campaign to officially “demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine” it’s clear to me that Putin’s ambitions lie far beyond this stated goal. He will, however, stick to that script until that part of the campaign is complete. Today I want to start outlining where we go next and to do that we have to describe where we are. Looking around the reports that are the most credible (and properly bracketing for any partisanship) we are staring at a complete, effective neutralization of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) to hold any of the ethnically-dominant areas of Ukraine. In a post for my patrons on February 25th , responding to an excellent article by Alistair MacLeod I wrote the following: MacLeod : Both sides probably do not know how fragile the Eurozone banking system is, with both the ECB and its national central bank shareholders already having liabilities greater than their assets.

Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus weighed in on protecting the Ukrainian president during the Russian invasion on ''Jesse Watters Primetime.''

In his speech to the 2022 CPAC in Orange County, Fla., over the weekend, former CIA analyst and radio host Buck Sexton called for a “housecleaning of the bureaucracy” within the federal government.

Read CNN''s Fast Facts about Michael Hayden to learn more about the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Washington (CNN)The US intelligence community has made evaluating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of mind a top priority in recent days as it seeks to establish how that is affecting his handling of the rapidly escalating Ukraine crisis, according to two sources familiar with the effort. The efforts come as longtime Putin-watchers have publicly speculated that his behavior has become increasingly erratic and irrational. Since he launched Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last Wednesday, senior US officials have asked intelligence agencies to gather any new information they can on how the Russian leader is faring and how his mindset has been impacted by the unexpectedly unified and tough response from European neighbors and allies around the world. The US intelligence community has spent decades decoding the former KGB officer, who has effectively ruled Russia since 1999. But while the United States has tremendous institutional knowledge of the man, it has a notoriously poor view into his day-to-day decision-making.

A former CIA official warned of a potential Russian cyberattack against the U.S. supply chain.

"Looting Results In Shooting On The Spot," Two Ukrainian Mayors Warn Depleting food stocks added to the trauma of Ukrainians stranded in the war-torn country as Russia''s invasion stretches to a fourth day. People are looting supermarkets as their food and water supplies run out, and ATMs have no cash. In the attempt to deter mass lootings , mayors in two Ukrainian towns advised local law enforcement officers to shoot looters "on the spot," according to RT News . "I am warning everyone: the police, the National Guard, the territorial defense units - they all received orders not to detain, they can just shoot on the spot. There will be no looting in the city, " Zhytomyr''s Mayor Sergey Sukhomlyn told citizens of the city in a short Facebook video on Sunday. Looting incidents have spiked across Ukraine since Russia began its invasion on Feb. 24. People are growing hungry as their food supplies run out and have no other option than raid supermarkets. The head of the Okhtyrka territorial community Pavel Kuzmenko issued a similar warning. "Looting results in shooting on the spot," Kuzmenko said in a Facebook video.

Qatar have been accused of hiring a former CIA operative using ''spycraft'' to derail criticism of their World Cup hosting by a leading German football official.