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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate report on the CIA's post-Sept. 11 brutal interrogations shows how a rigorous examination of a secret agency can expose misconduct, incompetence and bureaucratic spin, even for doubters of the investigation's assertion that torture did not work.

In a reorganization of the nation's premier spy agency, the CIA is creating a special division to conduct digital espionage, the latest government agency to respond to the growing use of cyber hacks and attacks around the globe.

There are many reasons the CIA is putting cybersecurity at the front and center of its mission statement. Primary among them: peacetime. The post Cyberespionage Is a Top Priority for CIA’s New Directorate appeared first on WIRED .

A former CIA officer who operated under shadowy "non-official cover" status is suing the spy agency in federal court, claiming he was wrongly fired after a senior manager fabricated allegations of misconduct.

CIA researchers have worked for nearly a decade to break the security protecting Apple (AAPL.O) phones and tablets, investigative news site The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing documents obtained from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The report cites top-secret U.S. documents that suggest U.S. government researchers had created a version of XCode, Apple's software application development ...

The CIA plans a sweeping organizational overhaul, sharpening its focus on cyber and digital operations, its director said.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an affair with his biographer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he gave her classified material — including information on war strategy and identities of covert operatives — while she was working on the book.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus, whose once-bright political future was all but destroyed over an affair with his biographer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he shared classified material with her for her book.

Security researchers working for the CIA have been poking holes in Apple security as part of a multi-year campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency's limited insights into a series of major global developments.

The CIA is set to embark on a sweeping restructure that will bring an end to divisions that have been in place for decades and significantly expand the agency's focus on digital espionage.

WASHINGTON — Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency's limited insights into a series of major global developments.

After more than a decade of hunting terrorists, stopping plots and scrambling from crisis to crisis, the CIA has concluded it has been outflanked and outwitted on a critical front: digital tradecraft.

© AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite In this Feb. 11, 2015, photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., vice chair of the Intelligence Committee, speaks during an interview with The Associated about the CIA torture report, in her Capitol Hill office in Washington.

John Brennan is planning a major expansion of the agency's cyber espionage capabilities.

KGB spies Philip (Matthew Rhys) and Elizabeth Jennings (Keri Russell) target a CIA agent beset with marital and financial problems on “Open House,” Episode 303 of “The Americans” on FX.

CIA ran 'Jamboree' - a private conference dedicated to sharing strategies for exploiting security flaws in computers and electronic devices

The Senate report on the CIA's post-Sept. 11 interrogations shows how a rigorous examination of a secret agency can expose misconduct, incompetence and bureaucratic spin, even to those who question the investigation's assertion that torture did not work.

CIA Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the spy agency, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable, enhance the agency's cyber capabilities and shore up espionage gaps exacerbated by a decade focused on counterterrorism.

Reorganization aims to increase accountability, provide more information about various regions of the world, CIA director says