The drone attacks have been a continued source of concern for Erbil and the Kurdistan regional authorities, who govern the ...

In this special episode of "Intelligence Matters," host Michael Morell speaks with five former senior CIA officers about the agency's work before, during and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in ...

A former CIA attorney who goes by the moniker "Secrets and Laws" revealed on X that the CIA ordered another report related to ...

The CIA agents in Iraq saw no evidence that the al-Qaeda operatives were linked to Hussein, but everyone they spoke with believed that Hussein had WMDs.

The failures of the Iraq War deeply shaped American spy agencies and a generation of intelligence officers and lawmakers. They helped drive a major reorganization of the U.S. intelligence ...

"Rather than being inspired by what happened in Iraq after the invasion," former Middle Eastern CIA man Paul R. Pillar wrote in The National Interest in 2011, "Middle Easterners were repelled by it.

The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie That Launched the Catastrophic War Bush and Cheney were not misled by flawed intelligence; they were promoting false information.

Former CIA Director John Brennan described the deadly drone attack in Jordan as a “dangerous escalation” in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war. “It’s a very dangerous escalation ...

The CIA revamped its training program for analysts to emphasize the study of alternatives and use of “red teams” that challenge conclusions.