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CIA Director John O. Brennan avoided the word "torture" in relation to CIA interrogation methods, saying he would "leave to others how they label those activities." (associated press)

John Brennan: ‘Torture report’ flawed, interrogations helped thwart terror plots

The Washington Times

Central Intelligence Director (CIA) Director John Brennan gestures during a news conference at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Brennan is pushing back hard against the wave of criticism following a Senate Intelligence Committee report detailing harsh interrogation tactics employed by intelligence community people against terrorism war-era detainees. Brennan and several past CIA leaders fear the historical record may define them as torturers instead of patriots. The CIA is now in the uncomfortable position of defending itself publicly, given its basic mission to protect the country secretly. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Brennan: Senate report on CIA interrogations ‘flawed’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Then-Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington after President Bush announced he was his choice to replace outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss. The head of the CIA during President George W. Bush’s second term says “I didn’t lie” to Congress about harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects. Retired Gen. Michael Hayden does say the intelligence community labored after Sept. 11, 2001 to repel further attacks against the U.S. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Former CIA officals refute ‘torture’ report, claim interrogations led to bin Laden

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Greek Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias pushed back against media reports that Greece has detected six Islamic State recruits traveling through. "We've been monitoring a lot of guys that pass by. But there was no arrest of jihadists in Greece," he said. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Terror issues loom large in Greek official Kikilias’ Washington visit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks in Washington on March 11, 2014. (Associated Press)

CIA Director John Brennan downplayed Islamic State threat as ‘absurd’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Air Force General appeals for new bomber for aging fleet

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Reid ups stakes in CIA-Senate clash with request for forensics test

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Georgia Republican. (Associated Press photographs)

Sen. Saxby Chambliss urges caution in CIA-Senate clash

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. talks to reporters as she leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, after saying that the CIA's improper search of a stand-alone computer network established for Congress has been referred to the Justice Department. The issue stems from the investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: Feinstein late to the party on misbehaving spies

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein (right), California Democrat and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, meets with CIA Director-nominee John Brennan (left), currently assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Intelligence chairwoman accuses CIA of intimidation, snooping on Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Brennan: Russia ‘absolutely’ could invade eastern Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

CIA Director John O. Brennan speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington. The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress in its investigation of allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program and the agency's own inspector general has referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

CIA chief Brennan ‘determined’ to speak out more this year

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** John Brennan (Associated Press)

CIA appoints new spy chief, bypasses woman who ran secret jails

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama attends the memorial for firefighters killed at the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama’s scrub of Muslim terms under question; common links in attacks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Drones, guns and the president

By Andrew P. Napolitano - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Drones, guns and the president

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration by William Brown

MCCARTHY AND PILLAR: Shedding light on targeted killing program

By Mary McCarthy and Paul R. Pillar

The Washington Times

TYRRELL: Rand Paul comes of age

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

NORTH: Thinking the unthinkable

By Oliver North - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, is now “the man to beat in 2016,” a Republican strategist said, after delaying a vote Wednesday on CIA nominee John O. Brennan with an old-style one-man filibuster. (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Rand against the drones

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times