Ken Dilanian

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FILE - In this May 19, 2007, file photo, a portion of the new U.S. embassy under construction is seen from across the Tigris river in Baghdad. In 2014, by contrast, CIA officers have been largely hunkered down in their heavily fortified Baghdad compound since U.S. troops left the country in 2011, current and former officials say, allowing a once-rich network of intelligence sources to wither. (AP Photo)

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Officials say Iraq pullout hurt US spying

Ken Dilanian · June 26, 2014 7:24 am

FILE - In this May 19, 2007, file photo, a portion of the new U.S. embassy under construction is seen from across the Tigris river in Baghdad. In 2014, by contrast, CIA officers have been largely hunkered down in their heavily fortified Baghdad compound since U.S. troops left the country in 2011, current and former officials say, allowing a once-rich network of intelligence sources to wither. (AP Photo)

Spying drop-off in Iraq preceded fresh insurgency

Ken Dilanian · June 26, 2014 1:41 am

FILE - In this 2005 file photo, a workman slides a dustmop over the floor at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., near Washington. Fifteen CIA employees were found to have committed sexual, racial or other types of harassment last year, including a supervisor who was removed from the job after engaging in "bullying, hostile behavior," and an operative who was sent home from an overseas post for inappropriately touching female colleagues, according to an internal CIA document obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

CIA disciplines 15 officers in harassment cases

Ken Dilanian · June 10, 2014 9:45 pm

Spy agency uncovers sense of humor in debut tweet

Spy agency uncovers sense of humor in debut tweet

Ken Dilanian · June 6, 2014 8:24 pm

In this image taken from video provided by NBC News on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, speaks to NBC News anchor Brian Williams during an NBC Exclusive interview. Snowden told Williams that he worked undercover and overseas for the CIA and the NSA. (AP Photo/NBC News)

NSA finds 1 email from Snowden raising question

Ken Dilanian · May 30, 2014 2:33 am

National Security

CIA winds down drone strike program in Pakistan

Ken Dilanian · May 29, 2014 6:34 pm

White House mistakenly reveals CIA official’s name

National Security

White House mistakenly reveals CIA official’s name

Ken Dilanian · May 26, 2014 9:33 pm

House passes curbs on NSA phone surveillance

Ken Dilanian · May 23, 2014 12:53 am