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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Mohammad Hasan, who lost seven members of his family in a U.S. air strike, speaks with an Associated Press reporter, in Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan. A report released Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 by Human Rights Watch documents mounting atrocities by CIA-trained Afghan forces, increasing civilian casualties by both U.S. and Afghan forces, and demands investigations into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. The 34-page report is the culmination of a nearly two-year investigation. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Report says CIA-trained Afghan forces behind war atrocities

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

'Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War’

By Paul Davis

'Black Site' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Black Site’

By Joshua Sinai

In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Aziz Rahman a village elder, who had contracted the farmers to harvest the pine nuts, speaks during an interview to the Associated Press in Jalalabad city east of Kabul, Afghanistan. Anger is mounting over the increasing numbers of civilians dying in misdirected US aerial strikes and heavy- handed tactics of CIA-trained Afghan force. Some Afghans calling for Americans to be tried in Afghan courts. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Anger grows at civilian deaths by US, Afghan forces

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, CIA Director Gina Haspel addresses the audience in Louisville, Ky. Haspel is headed to Capitol Hill to brief Senate leaders Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as senators weigh their next steps in possibly punishing the longtime Middle East ally over the killing. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Why leakers pose such a danger to national security

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to the media after Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump impeachment, CIA and House Democrats

By Tim Constantine

Louisiana college system to work with CIA recruitment effort

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2007 file photo, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wilson, the diplomat who disputed pre-war intelligence on Iraq and endured retribution, has died. He was 69. Valerie Plame confirmed in a text message that Wilson died Friday of organ failure in Santa Fe, N.M. She called him a patriot with the heart of a lion. Wilson's denial of pre-war intelligence under the administration of President George W. Bush touched off retribution against Plame and a criminal cover-up. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69

By MORGAN LEE and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Fox News Channel host and talk radio kingpin Mark Levin's new book "Unfreedom of the Press" will be available on May 21. (Fox News) ** FILE **

Mark Levin: CIA whistleblower complaint looks like new ‘leak and coup campaign’ against Trump

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - This Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, file photo shows the White House in Washington. The Democratic impeachment inquiry may give President Donald Trump extra motivation to end his trade war with China, claim credit for a policy victory and divert a little attention from a congressional investigation into his dealings with Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

How the White House and Justice learned about whistleblower

By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Mark S. Zaid, lawyer for Marine Corps Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, speaks to the reporters outside federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006. Sgt. Wuterich, 26, under investigation in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha is accusing Rep. John P. Murtha of defaming him in public comments about the case. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mark Zaid, whistleblower lawyer, hostile to Donald Trump

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This undated file photo provided by U.S. Central Command, shows Abu Zubaydah, date and location unknown. A federal appeals court hearing the case of a Guantanamo Bay inmate who was subjected to brutal treatment by the CIA after being detained following the 9/11 attacks took the rare step of calling &quot;enhanced interrogation techniques&quot; torture. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco said in a ruling Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, allowing Abu Zubaydah's lawyers to question two former CIA contractors that the Palestinian man &quot;was tortured.&quot; (U.S. Central Command via AP, File)

Court calls US “enhanced interrogation techniques” torture

Associated Press

This undated file photo provided by U.S. Central Command, shows Abu Zubaydah, date and location unknown. A federal appeals court hearing the case of a Guantanamo Bay inmate who was subjected to brutal treatment by the CIA after being detained following the 9/11 attacks took the rare step of calling &quot;enhanced interrogation techniques&quot; torture. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco said in a ruling Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, allowing Abu Zubaydah's lawyers to question two former CIA contractors that the Palestinian man &quot;was tortured.&quot; (U.S. Central Command via AP, File)

9th Circuit Court deems U.S. enhanced interrogation techniques ‘torture’

Associated Press

The floor of the main lobby of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

CNN Russian agent report undermines future missions: Intelligence pros

By Guy Taylor and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing on terrorism financing at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House disputes accounts of Russian CIA informant

Associated Press

In this image released by the White House, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, Sunday, May 1, 2011. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)

Obama burned CIA asset who pinpointed bin Laden’s location in Pakistan

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this May 21, 2019, file photo, Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a hearing without former White House Counsel Don McGahn on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Doug Collins says CNN should be ‘investigated’ over network’s reporting on CIA spy

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

John Brennan, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP) ** FILE **

John Brennan, former CIA chief, calls Trump ‘incompetent … somewhat delusional’ after G-7 summit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A woman walks past a mural in a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid salemi)

Iran says it arrested 17 CIA spies, some sentenced to death

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr, left, and President Donald Trump turn to leave after speaking about the 2020 census in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

William Barr probe pits Obama intelligence chiefs against Trump-aligned dissenters

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times