Blocus naval, pannes de courant... À Cuba, Donald Trump accroît la pression sur le régime castriste

LE FIGARO : RÉCIT - Le directeur de la CIA a exceptionnellement fait le voyage de La Havane pour pousser les autorités cubaines à des réformes « radicales ».

Les Havanais ont aperçu, stupéfaits, un avion aux couleurs de l’US Air Force se poser jeudi sur les pistes de l’aéroport José-Marti de la capitale. L’événement, exceptionnel, a d’abord suscité l’inquiétude des Cubains. À bord, en provenance de la base d’Andrews, dans le Maryland, le directeur de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, accompagné d’une importante délégation de hauts fonctionnaires américains. Officiellement, les émissaires des deux pays ennemis ont évoqué des thèmes de coopération bilatérale, qu’il s’agisse de la lutte contre le trafic de drogue, de l’immigration irrégulière ou du terrorisme.

Puis, dans un bref communiqué, le Parti communiste cubain a précisé que « les échanges avec la délégation américaine ont clairement démontré que Cuba ne constitue pas une menace pour la sécurité nationale des États-Unis et qu’il n’existe aucune raison légitime de l’inscrire sur la liste des pays soutenant prétendument le terrorisme ». Une réponse à Donald Trump qui ne cesse de clamer, depuis un décret présidentiel de janvier dernier, que Cuba est une menace pour la sécurité nationale de son pays. » | Par Hector Lemieux | vendredi 15 mai 2026

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CIA Warns Arab Activist of Potential Threat from Saudi Arabia

THE GUARDIAN: Pro-democracy campaigner İyad el-Baghdadi has been vocal critic of Saudi crown prince

The CIA has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat from Saudi Arabia, the Guardian has learned.

The pro-democracy activist, İyad el-Baghdadi, is a vocal critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

El-Baghdadi was alerted to the threat on 25 April, when Norwegian authorities arrived at his doorstep, took him to a secure location, and warned him he was in possible danger from an unspecified threat emanating from the kingdom.

The activist was told the threat had been passed on to Norwegian authorities by a foreign intelligence agency, which the Guardian has confirmed was the CIA. » | Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington and Nick Hopkins in London | Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Does Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) Care about New Khashoggi Revelations? l Inside Story

’The Wall Street Journal’ says the Saudi Crown Prince was in contact with the team that killed Jamal Khashoggi.

The CIA has reportedly concluded the order to kill Jamal Khashoggi was given by Crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

‘The Wall Street Journal’ says its obtained details of the highly classified CIA document. The newspaper says bin Salman sent at least 11 messages to his closest adviser, Saud al-Qahtani.

He reportedly supervised the so-called 'hit' team.

The CIA says al-Qahtani was in direct communication with the team’s leader in Istanbul - in the hours before and after the journalist was murdered.

The Saudi team was reportedly assembled from the Crown Prince's top security men in the Royal Guard.

The judgment on Bin Salman's likely culpability is based on the prince’s personal focus on Khashoggi who had criticised him - as well as the Prince authorising the same team to target other opponents.

The Saudi leader is reported to have told associates in August last year that if efforts failed to persuade Khashoggi to return to Saudi Arabia, he would be lured somewhere else.

Do the latest revelations make any difference because bin Salman continues to enjoy Donald Trump's support?

Presenter: Richelle Carey | Guests: Imadaldin al-Jubouri -Writer & Academic; Ahmed Al-Burai - Writer, Middle East Eye & Daily Sabah; Jacob Parakilas - Deputy Head, U.S. and the Americas Programme, Chatham House

CIA Blames Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman for Khashoggi Murder

’The Washington Post’ is reporting that the CIA blames Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

NYC Terror: CIA Insider Slams Diversity Visa Program

John Cardillo of TheRebel.media and former CIA Station Chief Scott Uehlinger discuss the progressive policies putting Americans at risk of Muslim terrorist attacks.

Chomsky: CIA Targeting of Julian Assange of WikiLeaks Is "Disgraceful Act"

Last week, the Trump administration reportedly prepared an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Justice Department was seeking to put Assange in jail. Amy Goodman asked world-renowned linguist and dissident Noam

Dianne Feinstein: If Assange's Claims Are True 'This Is A Major Release' | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is accusing the CIA of devastating incompetence, saying the agency has lost control of its cyber weapons. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a member of the Senate Intellience Committee joins to discuss.

The Next Step to Stop 'IS Group'? CIA Chief in Turkey to Discuss Strategy on the Ground

Glenn Greenwald - Trump Versus The Deep State

From the Tucker Carlson show, Glenn Greenwald offers a compelling explanation as to why the CIA and other unelected deep state operatives fear Donald Trump.

Trump Speaks at the CIA

President Trump makes his first remarks to the CIA.

Glenn Greenwald on the Trump Memo, the CIA and Russia - BBC Newsnight

Glenn Greenwald is scathing about the CIA as he speaks to Emily Maitlis about the publication of memos which claim that Russia has compromising material on Donald Trump.

'US Is a Great Country, Correct Me If I'm Wrong' - Putin on Claims Russia Influenced US Elections

President-elect Donald Trump has slammed the CIA's claims that Russia meddled in the U.S. election to help him take office. He said the accusations were politically-driven, and created by his opponents to explain Hillary Clintons' defeat in November's vote.

Secret CIA Assessment Says Russia Was Trying to Help Trump Win White House

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Iran: Nuclear Scientist Executed for Spying for US

An Iranian nuclear scientist who once claimed he was kidnapped by the CIA has been executed after being accused of spying for the United States.

Fox News Analyst Arrested for 'Lying about CIA Past'

A frequent Fox News guest cited as a terrorism expert due to an extensive career with the CIA has been arrested and charged with fraud relating to that very career. He is accused of lying on official government documents.

Former FBI Agent: CIA Director John Brennan Is a Muslim

John Guandolo, former FBI agent and author of Raising A Jihadi Generation -- A Handbook for Law Enforcement, Military and Intelligence Professionals, joins David to discuss his claim that CIA director John Brennan is a Muslim

How CIA Used Copies of Doctor Zhivago in Battle to Win Cold War

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: After nearly six decades of secrecy, newly declassified documents reveal the CIA's clandestine programme to bring the great Russian novel to readers behind the Iron Curtain

t had all the hallmarks of a classic Cold War spy caper, and it began in January 1958 when British intelligence’s Moscow station delivered two rolls of microfilm into the hands of the CIA’s Langley headquarters.

However the films showed not the blueprints for a new Soviet warplane or ballistic missile, but something potentially even more powerful in the ideological war between East and West: the complete Russian text of Boris Pasternak’s masterpiece, Doctor Zhivago.

In a nine-point memo, marked Secret but recently declassified, British intelligence said it was “in favour of exploiting the book”, warning that Soviet censors were already putting pressure on Pasternak to put out a “revised” version of the novel. » | Peter Foster, Washington | Sunday, April 06, 2014


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Tempête à la CIA, accusée d'avoir espionné le Congrès américain

Le directeur de la CIA, John Brennan, a dit que «la CIA n'espionnait
pas, d'aucune façon, la commission du Renseignement».

LA PRESSE: La CIA s'est retrouvée mardi au centre d'un scandale politique aux États-Unis, accusée d'avoir violé la Constitution en fouillant des ordinateurs utilisés par des enquêteurs parlementaires, dans une affaire relative aux anciennes techniques d'interrogatoire de l'agence d'espionnage.

Les accusations ont déclenché une bagarre publique rare entre la CIA et le Congrès, le directeur de l'agence d'espionnage John Brennan niant avoir cherché à faire obstacle à l'enquête du Sénat, sans toutefois commenter les faits en détail.

«Nous n'essayions pas de bloquer quoi que ce soit», a déclaré John Brennan lors d'un événement organisé par le Council on Foreign Relations. «La CIA n'espionnait pas, d'aucune façon, la commission du Renseignement».

Les rumeurs de presse s'amplifiaient depuis plusieurs jours sur la surveillance supposée par l'agence de renseignement d'ordinateurs utilisés par des enquêteurs de cette commission. » | Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse | Washington | mardi 11 mars 2014

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Senate Intelligence Head Says CIA 'Searched Computers'

BBC: The head of the US Senate intelligence committee has publicly accused the CIA of improperly accessing computers used by congressional staff.

Senator Dianne Feinstein said on the Senate floor that such activities "may have undermined the constitutional framework" of government oversight.

The Senate panel was investigating allegations of abuse during a CIA detention and interrogation programme.

A CIA internal watchdog has been tasked with looking into the alleged hacking.

"I am not taking it lightly," Ms Feinstein said of the matter on Tuesday, adding that the CIA may have violated federal laws in its alleged conduct. » | Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Syria Crisis: More Signs US Involvement in Civil War May Be Greater Than First Anticipated as Obama Looks to Boost Rebels

THE INDEPENDENT: Increased support will include sending expert Army personnel

As the Obama administration struggles to convince lawmakers of the case for intervention in Syria, there were signs today that American involvement in the civil war there, if it happens, might be greater in scale than was first anticipated.

US officials are said to be studying a plan to increase support for rebels fighting to remove the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power. The new plan would see the military send its own trainers to bolster the capabilities of the rebels, something they have resisted in the past.

The CIA has been training groups of rebels in Jordan. But the involvement of the military could see the number of rebels being trained spiral from dozens to hundreds or even thousands, according to the Associated Press. » | Nikhil Kumar | New York | Saturday, September 07, 2013