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"I will not agree to carry out some of these tactics and techniques I've heard bandied about because this institution needs to endure," CIA Director John Brennan said. (Associated Press)

CIA won’t torture terror suspects regardless of presidential orders, John Brennan says

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 photo, a school bus waits outside of Riverheads High School in Staunton, Va., after Augusta County Schools were placed on lockdown in the afternoon. The closure was prompted by security concerns due to thousands of angry emails and social media postings after a teacher's lesson on Islam at Riverheads High School the previous week. (Griffin Moores/The Staunton News Leader via AP) **FILE**

CIA left explosives in Loudoun County school bus after training exercise

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Michael Hayden, ex-CIA director: Donald Trump ‘already made Americans less safe’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Sept. 27, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, detainees stand inside a cell inside the U.S. run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

CIA used nude photos as ‘sexual humiliation’ on post-9/11 terror suspects: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The President’s Book of Secrets’

By Joseph C. Goulden

In this March 6, 2012, file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now, left, taken from the video, released by his captors in Washington during a news conference. The family of Levinson is holding a rally Saturday, March 5, 2016, demanding that the U.S. government keep pushing for his freedom. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Family and friends of Robert Levinson, ex-FBI agent missing in Iran, demand his release

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Gen. Michael Hayden, former CIA director. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

BRUCE FEIN: Michael Hayden’s flawed salute to drones

By Bruce Fein

Illustration on the reasons behind Saddam Hussien's WMD deception by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RONALD KESSLER: Behind Saddam Hussein’s deception

By Ronald Kessler

BOOK REVIEW: ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis’

By Joseph Goulden

CIA Director John Brennan participates in the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing on worldwide threats on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Brennan, CIA chief, says U.S. knew of ISIS plot days before Paris attacks

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Former president George W. Bush, left, shakes hands with former president William J. Clinton during the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Dallas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

George W. Bush inherited ‘crumbling’ intelligence community from Bill Clinton: Tenet

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Francis Gary Powers was shot down while piloting a high-altitude U2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960.

Francis Gary Powers’ son looks to set record straight on pilot father by helping on film

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Former President George H.W. Bush visited the CIA on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of his swearing in as the Agency's director in 1976. (CIA)

George H.W. Bush pays a call on the CIA to mark an anniversary

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Bruce Willis in a scene from "Die Hard." (originalprop.com)

Christmas action movies provide holiday entertainment alternatives

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect damages after clashes between Taliban fighters and Afghan forces in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. A Taliban assault on an airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that has been underway for nearly 24 hours has killed dozens of people, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. (AP Photos/Allauddin Khan)

BRUCE LAWLOR: Sensationalized reporting about CIA’s Afghan operations recalls Vietnam

By Bruce Lawlor

Soldiers patrol in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris in 2015. (Associated Press photographs) ** FILE **

Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed, but his travels worry intel experts

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Don

By James Srodes

CIA Director John Brennan listens during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., in this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) ** FILE **

Evgeny Chistov, former Russian policeman, convicted of spying for CIA

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times